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they have been making a decorated product in colored bodies, to 

 which they have given the name " Rieti " ware. This is a semi- 

 porcelain, finished and decorated chiefly after the Doulton, Adder- 

 ley, and Worcester methods. They also make true hard porcelain 

 of an admirable quality, and their goods are characterized by an 

 artistic style of decoration and excellence of glaze, their mazarine 

 blue and " old ivory " finish being especially praiseworthy. The 

 decorating branches are under the direct supervision of Mr. J. W. 

 Phillips, who originates and engraves many of the best designs 

 used in their printing processes. Most of their shapes are utilita- 

 rian rather than ornamental, but they have succeeded in impart- 

 ing to these a grace of outline and delicacy of coloring which 

 render them objects of great beauty. Tlieir chocolate-jugs, jarcZt- 



nieres, and cuspidors com- 

 pare very favorably with 

 the imported wares, after 

 which they are to some ex- 

 tent patterned. Of the few 

 purely decorative forms 

 which they have attempt- 

 ed, a semi-porcelain vase, 

 twenty inches in height, 

 made in 1880, is particular- 

 ly meritorious. This is ar- 

 tistically j)ainted in natural 

 colors on raised paste, the 

 top and base being in sol- 

 id, dead gold. Mr. Bands, 

 of the Royal Worcester 

 Works, England, was the 

 artist. 



The Ott and Brewer Com- 

 pany, of Trenton, N. J., now 

 operates the factory which 

 was built by Messrs. Bloor, 

 Ott & Booth, in 1863. Mr. 

 J. Hart Brewer, president 

 of the company, entered the 

 firm in 18G5, and, being an 

 artist himself of considerable ability, soon made his influence felt 

 in the improvement of methods and elevation of standards. Until 

 1876 the chief jiroducts of this factory consisted of white granite 

 and cream-colored ware. At the Centennial Exhibition the com- 

 pany made a display of a series of artistic Parians which had been 

 designed mainly by Mr. Isaac Broome, an American artist of re- 

 markable versatility and great jjromise. Of these special pieces,. 



Fio. 18. — Semi-porcelain Vase. 

 New England Pottery Company, 1889. 



