The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-09-16

posed Of silex, alkali, etc., which has been
placed in seggars ana melted, and then
pulverizod), ohina-olay, whiting, fold-spars,
etc., reduced with water to the consistency
Of cream.
aLosr WARE.
Tho ware is now ready for the second
firing. It is again placed in soggnrs, the
bottoms Of which are covered with Bit
stone, great care being taken that the ware
does not touch, aud thus spoil tho glaze.
Dishes, plates, etc, are placed upon pins,
inserted in holes, in the sides Of the seggar.
Any one may readily understand this by
looking on the under-sido Of a plate, and
noting the three small dots in the glaze.
Bowls, etc., are nostod and kept apart by
means Of stills. A stilt is mado Of tough
ball-clay, and consists Of three prongs,
radinting at equal distances from a common
center, and terminating in two points one
pointing upward and the other downward,
upon which points the ware rests. The
seggars are arranged in the same way as
in the bisque kiln, and the firing requires
about the same timo.
After the ware has become cooled from
the second firing, it is taken to the glost
warehouse and carefully cleansed, selected
and arranged as "bests," seconds" and
thirds" It is now ready for market, save
such as is to be decorated,
DECORATING.
The ware for decoration is carried to the
decorating department, where is it printed
and painted The design to be transferred
is engraved upon copper plate, the lines
being cut deep enough to hold a suficiency
Of color TO give a firm and full transfer to
the ware. The printers shop is furnished
with brisk stove, having an iron plate on
top, Immediately over tho fire, for conven-
ience in warming the color while being
worked also a roller press, and tubs. The
printer has two assistants, called 'trans-
ferrers," and also a girl, called "cuttor. "
The copper plate is charged with color,
mixed with thick, boiled oil, by means of a
knife and 'dabber," while held on the hot
stove-plate, for the purpose Of keeping the
color fluid; and the engraved portion being
filed, the superfuous color is scraped off
the surface Of tho copper-plate by the
knife. A thick, firm oil is required to
keep the different parts of the design from
flowing into a mass or becoming confused.
while under pressure Of the rubber in the
process Of transferring. A sheet Of paper
Of the necessary size, and Of a peculiarly
thin texture, called pottery tissue" after
being saturated with thin solution of soar
and water, is placed upon the copper plate,
and being put under the action of the press
the paper is drawn of again ltho engraving
being placed on the stoVe), bringing with
it the color by which the plate was charged,
constituting the pattern. This is given to
the cutter, who cuts off the superauous
paper about it, It is then laid by the trans
ferrers upon the ware and rubbed first with
a small piece Of sOaped flannel to FIX it,
and afterWard with a rubber Of rolled
flannel. This rubber is applied very forci-
bly,, the friction causing the color to adhere
to the surface Of the ware. The paper is
then taken of preparatory to painting. The
ware is now passed from workman to work
man, each one putting on a particular color
to a particular part Of the design until it is
finished. Some of the finer ware is hand.
painted, entirely.
The ware is now placed in the decorating
kiln to set the color. In this kiln no seq
gars are used. The ware is placed on fire.
clay shelves, supported on props, care
being taken to prevent the pieces from
touching. Heat enough to soften the glaze
is now applied, which sets the color, and
the ware after cooling, is ready for market.
have tried to be brief in this article,
and at the same time explicit, and if it has
grown wearisome, please pardon.
H. F. II.