CERAMIC STATUARY.
The latest and certainly one of the most successful achievements of Messrs. Copeland in parr= statuettes, is a reduced copy of Gibson's statue in marble, " The Nymph at the Bath" ; it has been very care- fully modelled by Mr. Theed, the sculptor, from the original life-size statue in the possession of the Earl of Yarborough. It forms a very beautiful little work of art for the boudoir, and derives much ornamental elegance from the sculptors' own taste for colour applied to marble statues. The drapery is bothered with a chaste Greek pattern incised and touched with pale colour and gold. The figure is half draped and seated, the head bound with a circlet touched with gold, on the arms Riini are bracelets and armlets also gilt, and sandals of lar work adorn the feet. This charming figure has been executed for the Crystal Palace Art Union, and is in fact the most important work of art to be obtained by the subscribers of five guineas.
We noticed also at Messrs. Copelands' two small busts in the same ma- terial, called " Ophelia " and " Miranda," modelled by Calder Marshall, R.A. The Ophelia is also made life-size in Parian.
Another very interesting figure of this kind is "The Nubian Girl," a statuette about fifteen inches in height, a very graceful subject. This material seems to be especially well adapted for the reproduction of the fine carvings in ivory by Fiammingo. A cup after one by this celebrated master, also the production of Messrs. Copeland's atelier, appeared to us to be an excellent copy ; the colour and fine surface of the material con- tributing much of the beautiful richness of tint and melting of forms in relief, so characteristic and pleasing to the eye in ivory carvings.
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