OIL-PAINTED CLASSES

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 32, 6 August 1927, Page 13

OIL-PAINTED CLASSES

Old-wgrld garden scenes giving the effect of massed colour are enjoying one of their periodical vogues, and a very charming idea just introduced in the West End is to have little paintings of this description carried out in oil on white wine glasses and finger-bowls. Each piece is signed by the artist. The popularity of lacquer furniture at the present time has prompted the designer to paint glass which will harmonise with the lacquer diningroom. One set of glass is particularly attractive. The green pedestals and tall stems ot the hock glasses are surmounted by white bowls on which the Japanese bridge, trees, and stork, are -painted in red, blue, and gold. The finger-bowls are adorned in a similar way. The old world flower designs are equally effective. Slim hollyhocks painted up the sides of the bowls m yellow and red, red nasturtiums or cerise fuchsias are equally popular, there is a (treat demand for sets on which JUadonna lilies are beautifully painted in some detail, the white bells with their golden centres and green foliage looking very charming. Pink tulips and red daisies arc among other subjects which appear on this attractive glass, of which large quantities are being sold.