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are sometimes added. The art has been revived by the Messrs. Minton & Maw.
It suggests, also, the style of decoration so effective on the stoneware of the Doulton’s, Lambeth, British section.
INDIA.
The list of the ceramic contributions from India fills several pages of the Descriptive Catalogue, but consists chiefly of earthenware and glazed tiles.
Dr. Leitner, Lahore, sends a tea-cup of Lhassa porcelain, and specimens of the Lahore porcelain, the last attempt at the manufacture, which will soon die out unless encouraged. Peerano, of Tatta Sind, forwarded ninety-five variously colored specimens of domestic pottery, including floor-tiles and specimens of the materials and implements used in the manufacture and glazing of pottery. Similar collections were sent by other persons from various parts of India.
For a notice of the tiles, etc., see Tiles. *
JAPAN.
Japan entered fully into the spirit of the great Exhibition, and made the most systematic and comprehensive display of the varied industries of the country yet seen by Europeans. The ceramic products were a salient feature, and illustrated the manufacture of porcelain faience and terra-cotta from many of the provinces. When we reflect that this country, with China, is the birthplace of the art of porcelain, and consider the numerous separate establishments for its production, its general use among the people and the extent of the manufacture, not only for native use but to please the taste and meet the requirements of foreigners, we shrink from attempting a critical review of the industry, or even a description of the representative examples accumulated at Vienna.
The fertility of the people in design and modifications of the potter’s art surprises every one, and none more than those who have in vain striven to exhaust the novelties of