Show Useless Beauty Charles H Moore in November Atlantic J J have before me a photograph of a sliver silver ewer of ot the ta school of Benvenuto Cellini i Its general generl outline is graceful In lr ii the te abstract abs being one which h with wih many minor variations characterizes a large Targe class of Greek vases vae But the neck is so and the shoulder should rot of the thu body bO is so pronounced that the te ves yes vest sl l l would w uld have h to be completely in inverted Inv inverted t v to empty empt it I The ornamental handle bandle Is shaped and adjusted with no n respect respect to t facility of at o grasp or ease e se of pouring It I rises from fr i the top of the shoulder close to the tb neck so that i it would w ud require a painful effort to tilt tnt the th jugh when n filled It Itis is rendered fur fut further ther r difficult dInc l to handle by very salient lent ornaments J which leave no o portion porton I smooth enough e for comfort cOnC rt to to the hand had hadI hadI I I A i silver siver cup up With Ih handles of the same school of workmen has ha a rim which flares fares so that tat it i must mut be difficult to Ito drink from and the t handles handles here also so are armed with projecting points point of or ornament ornament r painful painful to t grasp gp or Of the nu numerous numerous silver sUver plates by Cellini and his followers few tew if any could uld be made serviceable on account account of the orna ornaments ornaments ments meats in high relief rele with which their surfaces are loaded The forms of these th e objects are not always ways beautiful even eyen in the the abstract but b t in respect to adaptation to t use ue they are ar often oten ri rl r and as models they the can be t man man only stumbling blocks block to the crafts craftsman craftsman |