PORCELAIN AND FAIENCE.
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at Paris, in 1867, received the silver medal, and at this exhibition receives the Progress Medal.
Deuk, Albin W., Vienna, exhibited some beautifully decorated porcelain and imitations of French, Meissen, and Chinese ware. The firm exports to Russia and'the Orient alone, over 10,000 cwts. annually. Merit Medal.
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Erndt, Bernard, Vienna, ix, Pramergasse, 25 .—Among the many attractive displays of stove tiles from Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, the exhibition made by M. Erndt stood preeminent. A description of the various patterns and colors would fill a small volume ; but no adequate idea of the tiles can be conve} r ed without plates. Most of them are in high relief, and are colored rich dark brown or green, or are plain white. They are about eight inches square and three to six inches thick. They constitute a specialty in ceramic manufactures, differing greatly from paving or mural tiles or household pottery. The use of such tiles is enormous in Austria and Germany, nearly all the apartments being warmed by the "porcelaiu ” stoves. The great merit of this exhibit Avas recognized by a Progress Medal.
Gebrüder Schütz. Stiermark and in Bohemia ; Earthenware. A very interesting exhibition of quaintly formed pitchers and jugs, with long narrow necks and flattened sides, as shown in the annexed outline, standing about sixteen inches high, and colored bright blue, vermilion and green. Upon the same stand there were plates and a coffee service of earthenware, with a rich chocolate brown glaze, very attractive not only in color but in form, and very cheap, the whole coffee set being marked at only four florins, about two dollars. The jury accorded a Merit Medal.
Hardtmuth, L. & C., Budweis. This firm made an extensive display of peculiar styles of porcelain and faience, designed especially for export to the Orient, with which it would appear there is an extensive trade in this class of ware, the chief excellence of which seems to be its con-
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