The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-04

'ns appearance OF rough ,n..
posed OF thickly set little p, rsrlacs Gu.
The slip was then pou,s ss,0.uosraa,s
which adhered to the mo",s % 'A'caI
surplus had been poured o",. after o,
moments the article cou,s Vu'' hsts
readily from the mould v w, Separates
made ,uaue In parts. The result, ' na w
rectly moulded vessel q, p was per-
" decoration of blue and v s1,aa BOY
~ one operation, after which ",'e' aaa
was sent to the kiln 10 he 'ne piss
p pan t OF the little pit marks s' g. IN
was TO prevent the color ,r ~ 81 stipA
and forming pools or blo,cS. , running
m m"'Snea ware. This bluInr ~ u u
, moulas was a considerable 81, o. he
years ago and was done by wo,s bushes
became very expert In a." onen, Who
commanded better wages s. ,, work and
s sisters who were employed '1 !" tn S'r
.,. Inc e. earlier ,,.. mOdelers of pa,l,,
signs sign, In this country attemn, a',an De
little In the way of orig,np p,sd very
zen themselves with reDTot. con-
the patterns which had arOepOsoduclRy
England. This accounts to rps are il
that one occasionally Ana. Tue Tact
OF the earlier American pisoO "a some
designs Of mounted knights - relief
representations of chivalrio " anor,
wandering troubadours with hs o~Oa''
iu,e-devlces which hardly conls ana
originated in this country o,,, nave
they are shown to be q, a''Housh
workmanship by the marsa ~eilcaa
'nem' Later. however. Amerlca, upon
eiers began to design new for mod
10 originate appropriate daOona s and
using as motives the India '''On'
plant the tobacco blossom tha .' .orN
ball. and during the late o,Yn ,Ou0a
some OF the Trenton potters nro - sr
patriotic designs. such as ws,os ~.
chers with figures of the Ama., pit
eagle in relief, and with renra.a",
tons OF incidents of the war sn mia
the shooting of Ellsworth al Aler,a
dria in 1861. A'eAan'
Among other designs for tbs n.
tennial Exposition a series q, ,,.s,..
vases was prepared illustrating A.
styles OF dress OF the last century oo~
pared with those of the present Th...
were modelled by Mr.. Broome IN Mr
reIiet on original shapes and vera
from anything ever beto,s
produced. One of these vases show
ing a gallant OF the last century ana
a greyhound is shown here.
Plain white Parian ware ALWAYS M,
been popular with the people on a.
count of its soft, satiny, ivory appe,,.
ance and absence Of glazing II /,
particularly well adapted for portrait
ousts and the reproduction OF scul,.
lures. and, indeed, the better oualltis,
d. farian china so closely resembie
marble that it is often difficult for thA
inexperienced TO detect the difference
several establishments in the United
states still produce Parlan art goods
md a portrait modeler OF Trenton l.
Engaged now in executing a series 0,
en-inch busts OF celebrated Amer.
ans, to be reproduced in Belleek
sisgue or Parian, in imitation Of tho
inest statuary marble.
The old Jersey City pottery was
perhaps the most interesting estab.
ishment of its kind in the United
states from an historical point Of
Jew, as ii was the cradle OF the pot,
cry industry in this country. Here
many OF the most successful potters
earned the trade, from 1926 until
ew years ago, when the old Landmark
vas torn down to make room for mod.