, 1881-04-09


leading Arti4ts-FAIltng-OT Of ltn-
rortattons from Europe.
Special Correspondents ot 1Ae CAttapo Tribune
TnExrox, N. j., April 49, In FIVE years
from ruw,' said Afr. Lawshe, a Trenton IN.
J.) potter, "nnt a piece Of Useful pottery.
China, or porcelain will DO Imported Into tl'ls
country from EUROPE. Sce whit we hnye
done In five yearsl We waro all babies
LII tmstery before tho Exhibition Of 1874. En-
gland, Trnnce, mud Germal.y came then with
their best ware. Our potters saw their infe-
r!Urlly; but during TIC fivo yenrs past We
llave nln,ost caught up with tic lnothor
c0tihtries.h -
l and Mr.. Lawshc's remark Is tsuo. With
IN the Inst year 1.havc visited p0ttories whore
the white decorated ctlnn Is made, In tho fol-
lowing places: Trenton (twenty-one potter
ies), Syracuse, Wheeling, East Liverpool,
Steubcnv!lle, West Thirteenth, street, New
York; Grcon Point tBrooklyn), and Frank
lin tO.) Not ono Of these potteries could
make ttecent piece Ut unsler-9lazo waro fivo
years ago Now several OF tilou1 arc turning
nut buauttfully-ornar,ented 1lnder.glaze
work, which competcs successfully with tho
best work Of Copciand. Aleaktn, Boote,
Wedgewood, Mtnton, Atl .l1ayland. :;
A NEW D1scovERr.
Tie great drawback to American potters
has been the abscncu Ut n strong white clay,
or kaoli.,, s,lch as thd English find In the
Cornish mines. But recently our pottcrs
hayo discovered pure kaoifn In Do Kn'o
County, Alabama, and III Dade County,
Georgia, which is rs guod lis tic best knolfn
from Cornwall. "Thls Alabama kaoltn."
said potter to MIC to-tiay, "bakes pnre
white. Not q file will scratch It, and
not M acid will cat 1t. Then, when you
look through 1t, you SEQ 1t Is translucent.
Iii fnct, 1t Is puru chIua, as good as the best
china from China"
"1n what shape Is tho kaolln found ?"~F
asked.
"Wcll, It Is found In unlimited quantities.
Tho strain .are sixty feet thick In both Du
Kalb and Datlo Counties. It is not clay, bst
Il hard white stone like baked china. 1t Inns
to bu ground to n powder, md the powder Is
nodded by the potter into dishes and plates
tUrIes, for ,lDw we SEQ TINT wo sl,all soun bc
able to produce pllro wllite china.ware rs
c'leapIy us tlp English can produces dlcir
heavy iro,.stnlle Mnre. Alrc'ttlya chinn pot
q, wa, inlliy Il, grind md uotters to mold
this new kaUlln.o,
uNDEitorAzE FA1ENoE.
Tho first under-glaze faience ever mndo In
this country was u!atle by John Bennrtt III
1871, 0lF, BGunELL WAS tl14 1nEGnltk1 OF HE
fHu,o,ts Dollo,l uo.teries Ut Lu,nbctj,, If, tIo
suburbs Of Lontlon. liz a1tl llaiiiial, Darluw,
Mnn,tfactory of toby.iltttgs md common Wi.
ioW.wnrn tG n mnnufuctury OF tas,eft,iiy-
DECORATED untler-.tlnze faie1lcc. Mr.. Bennett
BROUGHT over .lisplay nt y!!ses M ~ md plaques
for our exhibition IN tn MPllladelpin IRON t!le
Dolton works. T!llaltg mud Davis Colin.
more, Of Nuw York, got hold OF !l!M aud
porstlnded lin to rcnla!n, with t.fs art
knowledge, In AmerEctl. Atr. Dsnnetts
pottery u at tlle loot, q East ,'rwu.lty-
fourth street, New York. His c0n-
ing to America 4 started tho fatense
nlanla+ Ills coMtngto 1,r co'.ntry, with ILLS
lnatnro kn9wlsHEe and experience, t!ns A.
ready added millions. to our National wualit,,
aid advanced the 'Aclence Of pottery III the
country many years. .s.'
CINCINNATI NEXT.
The next adyanco Il, unIrrxlnzo fafanco
wns made by Miss McLaugliil and 4. j.
djscossrSt ii the Tin,ogcs n process @ Of palrti19
fai"uce m the i,iscnti t,nfIsrgnze' ;riils