New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-29
THE EXHIBITION
AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.
x XII.
AMERICAN ART-PORCELAIN AND EARTH
EN- WARES

United States department is 81 exhibition OF similar
manufacture which Ia well worthy of Observation By
81 those who take delight il the progress OF American
art and skill This is in the space allotted 70 the
United States POTTERY Company OF Bennington. Yer
mont, who display Porcelain, Psrian, Lava aud Ens
mel Flint Wares The articles are not only manfsc-
tured in tb. country bat the msterials from Which
they are made are Of this Continent exclusively. H.
deed We have not only lack Of good delft ard por
celan nsterisl, bat surplus Of mineral matters Of
character very superior to The European minerals aud
which have now become an article Of export trade to
England Such is our feispar, which is very abundant
in the northern New.EpgaDd States from which the
decom position, Of which the kaolin ine clay which
enters into the composition Of Chins wares is derived
The European kson contains smsl trace Of iron de-
rived from the mica which the orzna fetspar always
possesses This metal, when not separated from the
powdered mineral communicates light tist or cream
color 10 the ware For white wares the iron has there
fore to be removed by chemical wsshings, which IN
creases the cost Of the articles The felspar from
New Hsmpshire is remarkably free from mixture with
iron. and il therefore well adapted for the manu-
facture Of white body without any publication
The neielborhood Of Bennington, Vermont, is
one well adapted for the establishment OF q
pottery manufacture, as there is considerable
deposit of plastic clay which is met wth 10 large guam
titles ard # great purity IT. 1t least dozen other places
in Vermont Indeed there i no State Ia tie nion bet
ter adapted for manufacturing porcelain and other Garth
en- wares containing as has been stated all the mineral
elements and also ores Of iron and manganese These
however in themselves, constitute but portion OF the
success Of any branch Of manufacture and 1t Is 10 me
uutirrq industry and skill OF Mr. C. W. Fent0n that this
corntry is indebted for the establishment OF this at at
Ia b.s labored ave thirty rO adj
vance the manufacture and with great pecunery expeu
dtUre has advanced it To the condition IN which 1t Is ex
bilited in this collection from Bennington A, the
sacrifice Of time and health be has also succeed
I'd in introducing the manufacture Of Parin Ware
! N this country; produced the rim, Enamel Ware.
| for which he mas secured . patent and is en-.
gagged in extension Of porcelain manufacture. which
has been followed by other establishments IN l coun-
Try, but by to the satisfactory develop
ment Is by him The United St,tes Pottery Company
are now erecting very large mandatory at BerHng-
ton, which, when completed, will furnish porcelain or
psrian wares equal to French English at more mod
crate price owing to the cheaper cos Of the materials
the facilities possessed to prepare them, and the supe
nor construction Of the kins, IN which economy Of
fuel with a more steady and clearer heat, IL Obtained
To the artist and superintendent of the premises, Mr.
d. W. Clark, the Company owe much Of their success
in The beauty and execution Of the designs and articles
The articles exhibited by this Company are Of poTce
lain and parian ware lava aud enamel fiat wares Among
tDc uiOtt i tiJ'
deres the whole Of the articles embracing space Of
seven square feet The tiles are nlad with yareCatei
coors, the borders display ing the American flag. Upon
the center of the floor stands monument ten feet IN
hight TIE first or lowest section represents the lava
ware yaregated stone; the second section their
flint ware the tlifd, open columns inclosing bust
If Fenton, the designer Of the articles exhibition
The fourth section crowns the monument and is Parian
female figure presenting TIE bible to d child Oh mOau
mert by her side
Arouid ibis monument are displayed table and scale
star jards Corntan capitals figures vases urns, toilet
sets and great variety 81 other specimens ia porcelain
plain and inaid The pitchers in porcelain are deserving
Of notice, branch OF national industry: though not
decorated beyond silt molding and, therefore, not
attractive china yet they possess the rst elements
Of good that IT, uniform body without any Say-
ing srd Of we-luixed and iue materials IL Is upon
such ware OILS that ornaments decoration csn sue
coed and Mr. FetOn has the great obstacle in
the producing Of ornamental china namey-the forna-
ton Of ware having the essential properties Of good
porcelain, density, whi'eness and transparency.
The superiority Of The Flint Enamel Ware oser the
English consists ia the additan Of silica combined with
KaCin, or CLAY from Vermont. which When in properly
adjusted proportions produces IN article possessing
great strength, and being perfectly FIRE proof Tee-
gralh irsulatOrs in white flint exhibition; this
nat, rial being one Of the best electric conductors
that cen be found Various forus Of nsuators ~ the
collection This ware has been employed on the tele
graphs ia the vicinity OF Boston: among these speci
mems is q patented form, recommended by Mr. Batch
cider which has shoulder with re-Cnterng angle Of
40 this arge causes the wind and rain 10 pass down
ward end prevents tie inside Of the nsu tOr from being
wet This enamel ware comprises yaTietyO assorted
articles, caLdlesiicks pitchers spoons picture frames
tca-pOts, &c This ware has become fayorite article
in New England and deserves much meri, az cottage
furniture. The lava ware is a combination Of avs from
Vermont New. jersey, &c: Carolina, composed uf ss
ca srd fespar inermixed with the oxides OF iron manga
ntse and cobalt. It is the strongest made from
pctterg materials the glaze upon this lava ware ana up
on the Tint ware, is chiefly Of flint and iespar, ana has
therefore 10 be subjected TO such intense hear 70 fuse
IT, as would destroy the glaze upon common crockery
The cOoIs upon the flint produced by different
metallic oxides applied the glaze, which latter
as medium TO float them about upon the surface while
in state of fusion thus producing the variegaed Dts
The Parian ware of this Company is remarkably fne
especially in the form Of pitchers They are hight ia
material Of graceful outline and oftwo n,sone taEn-
coored from the presence OF little oxide of iron and
the Oiker white from its ibsence To the former aD.
pears the more pleasing TO the eye These made Of
the flint from Vermont and Massachusetts,, the fespar
from New Hampshire, and the China elsys from Yer
mont and South Carolina. This Company has the credit
Of first producDg Psrian this continent. China
Lac been heretofore made in Philadelphia and also az
Green Point L |, but the manufacture is only car
red en- 10 small extent ard that in the latter locality.
Tie United States Pottery ComIeny a. present en-
aI 80 Bennington owing 70 the increased
consumption Of their wares where they fitting up
main building 100 feet in length and giving employment
one hundred operatives using water power Tor grind
Ing tie materials and ak kiln OF improved e0nstruc
ten for the firing OF the With the increased IA
cly Of manufacturing which this extension affords this
market viii be supplied with China Of superior
hind. snufscured AZ home. and which VII doubt
munerate the Company for outlay Incurred and adj
another 70 the manufactures established among
Hsuchwoui * Daily have in the gallery Of tue Auer
cen department very fine collection OF decorated Por
NH al nth