Lovers of Satsuma-ware will welcome the arrival of Mr. William Rae, who has opened a shop at 222 Route Cardinal Mercier. Mr. Rae, who has been a manufacturer of first quality Satsuma-ware for 30 years, makes special arrangements whereby purchasers choosing any particular set or piece of porcelain may have a replica delivered to their departing friends, all ready packed, on board the ship at Kobe. The presents are placed in velvet boxes, then specially packed, and—a most important consideration—they are guaranteed to their destination, Satsuma-ware is made from 2 unique porcelain clay. Marks of the genuine ware are its curiously heavy weight, soft ivory colour and minute "crackle." Only the best artists are used in its decoration.
Mr, Rae has a tea set in his shop decorated with figures of which every face was painted by the first artist in Japan—not merely the first porcelain artist, but the first straight artist, if one may so express it. All the gold used in the decoration of Satsuma-ware is 24 carat.
Tt is an education in a beautiful art to inspect Mr. Rae's porcelain. And to those who fear to endure the agony of possible breakages, it is encouragement to know that replacements can be made at practically any distance of time after purchase and from any address by simply writing to Kobe and giving the number of the design. mrd ATI a
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