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Architectural or ornamental terra cotta declined in value from 

 $1,062,017 in 1910 to $718,700 last year. Its manufacture is car- 

 ried on by 3 firms in Queens, Richmond and Steuben counties. 

 The Staten Island cretaceous clays are used in part for this product. 



The miscellaneous clay materials accounted for a value of 

 $20,179 against $134,752 in 1910. 



POTTERY 



New York is deficient in clays suitable for the finer grades of 

 pottery such as china and porcelain ware. The clay beds of Long 

 Island, Staten Island and Onondaga county have supplied some 

 stoneware clays, and slip clay of excellent quality is obtainable at 

 Albany. Common earthenware clays also are abundant. There 

 are no kaolin deposits supplying pottery material, and the entire 

 requirements of the local manufacturers are met by purchases from 

 southern mines or by importations from abroad. 



Notwithstanding the limitations of resources, the pottery industry 

 has shown a fairly steady growth. The output last year was valued 

 at $2,196,054 and was the largest that has ever been recorded. The 

 corresponding total for 1910 was $2,136,578 and for 1909 it was 

 $1,827,193. The potteries contributing to the total numbered 21, 

 1 less than in the preceding year, distributed among the following 

 counties : Albany, Erie, Kings, Livingston, Nassau, Onondaga, 

 Ontario, Queens, Schenectady, Suffolk and Washington. Onon- 

 daga county alone reported a production valued at $774,477. 



Of the various pottery products stoneware is one of the few 

 that has not shared in the general advance of the industry. The 

 production in 191 1 was valued at $39,095, or less than one-half of 

 the output five years ago. Red earthenware consisting mainly of 

 flower pots, amounted in value to $32,495, about the usual average. 

 The white products, including china tableware, sanitary ware and 

 electrical supplies, have shown the largest gains ; the porcelain and 

 semiporcelain wares were valued at $1,026,517. Most of the china 

 tableware was made in Syracuse and Buffalo, the electrical supplies 

 were made in Victor, Syracuse, Schenectady and Brooklyn ; and 

 the sanitary wares in Brooklyn. 



