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EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. 
of porcelain, majolica, enamelled terra-cotta, vitreous stone- 
ware and fine earthenware. 
The principal branches of manufacture at the present time 
are fine porcelain and s tone wäre, for Services of all kinds; 
also fine earthenware, parian for useful and ornamental 
objects, terra-cotta, and the novelty " ivory porcelain.” The 
decorations include all the usual styles for useful wares, 
paintiugs of flowers, birds, landscapes, figures, etc., etc. 
The ornamental works consist of enamels on royal blue 
ground, Raphaelesque embossments, majolica, painting of all 
kinds oh vases, etc., majolica and the ivory porcelain. Tliis 
last is a new article having the color and lustre of ivory, and 
it is especially well adapted to the imitation of the remark- 
able objects in ivory for which Japanese artists are unrivalled. 
These objects, so successfully imitated by the works, consist 
generally of vases formed of sections of the tusk of the 
elephant, of jugs, bottles, flasks, etc., and of tablets, all 
embossed or carved in relief, or deeply incised and variously 
decorated in colored laquers, and with bronze and gold. In 
these reproductions of Japanese forms and decorations, the 
Worcester artists have been remarkably successful. They 
are not servile imitations, but the true spirit of Japanese 
decorative art appears to have been acquired and to be well 
understood. In this wäre there are at least three points of 
merit: first, composition of the body, its successful imitation 
of the softness of ivory harmonizing completely the material 
with its carved appearance; seeond, the perfection of the 
forms; and third, the mastery of the spirit and the color of 
the decoration. Plaques made in this way would be agree- 
able additions in the decoration of cabinets and furniture, or 
wherever ivory tablets would be appropriate. The material 
. gives a new and pleasing basis for graphic decoration in any 
style. 
The manufacture of fine porcelain was commenced at 
Worcester in the year 1751, and the first royal patent was 
given in 1789. The uudertaking originated chiefly through 
the exertions of Dr. J. Wall, a physician with Chemical skill 
and artistic tastes. As early as the year 1763, the productions 
of the establishment were highly esteemed. Dr. Wall, at an 
early date, applied the process of transferring priuted de-