Rozane Woodland Information.

The secret arts of the Orientals are coveted by ceramists down to the present day.

WE do not deny that the resemblance of Rozane Woodland to one of the oldest and rarest of Chinese potteries is no accident. While Woodland is not an attempt at imitation of the old Chinese Celadon, familiarity with the latter, and with its exquisite qualities, was inspiration to the artist who created the idea of Rozane Woodland. Old Celadon, like Woodland, was decorated by incising either floral or conventional designs in the moist clay, or "biscuit," after moulding, and was further ornamented by studs or dots.

The old Celadon was very hard, opaque, closely akin to stoneware, and covered with a partially translucent enamel. There were vases of gray earth, shading into browns and yellows and scattered with little laminae of mica, or sometimes picked with tiny points, almost imperceptible. The value of old pieces in this style is almost inestimable.

The description of Rozane Woodland is almost identical with this of the old Chinese ware, except that Woodland has not the mica. The laminae mentioned, however, are daintily picked into the surface of the softly shaded mat background, lending just an agreeable relief from its plainness, which is further broken by the dots or "studs," while the enameled designs stand out in pleasant contrast. The latter are usually in foliage hues, the browns resembling late autumn woodlands, when the dun, frost-exposed oak leaves—brown, mellow and glossy— still cling, rustling, in final glory, to the trees.

Rozane Woodland is exceptionally beautiful in every point that contributes to the excellence of an art pottery. It is a pleasure to present this as our final argument for the true worth of Rozane.

A home with a piece of each Rozane variety will be possessed of a very representative collection of pottery, in good taste, decorative and useful.

Connoisseurs will find in every piece qualities which merit its being included in their collections ot valuable art potteries.

We invite inspection of every variety and we are confident that one of the favorites, among all collectors and purchasers, will be ROZANE WOODLAND.