Fig. 155.—Bottle, in Cloisonné.
Messrs. Bromfield and Son also had some excellent examples of dinner-porcelain. The excellence of the paste and the finish were notable in all of the displays by the many English exhibitors.
In such an exhibition one looks, of course, for pieces made specially to catch the eye and excite surprise, which might be called the gymnastics of art; and one is usually gratified. The exhibition was rich with them, and, of course, they demanded attention, and achieved their purpose.