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make many fancy patterns, such as thimbles, inkstands, parasol- 

 handles, menu slabs, and candelabra. 



The Phcenixville (Pa.) Pottery, Kaolin, and Fire-brick Com- 

 pany was organized in 1867, and a few years later was succeeded 

 by Messrs. Schreiber & Co., who made yellow and Rockingham 

 ware, and terra-cotta ornaments and wall-pieces. Heads of hounds 



and stags in sev- 

 eral sizes, and large 

 boars' heads, were 

 made extensively 

 here, and twenty 

 years ago were in 

 demand for deco- 

 rating the interiors 

 of public - houses. 

 Many of these may 

 still be seen in coun- 

 try taverns. These 

 were considered 

 works of consider- 

 able artistic merit 

 when first produced. 

 The antlers and 

 horns of stags and 

 antelopes were made 

 separately and aft- 

 erward inserted. 

 Messrs. Beerbow- 

 er & Griffen took 

 the pottery in 1877 

 and commenced 



the manufacture of 

 white granite. In 1879 the firm name was changed to Grifi^en, 

 Smith & Co., and in the following year the manufacture of " Etrus- 

 can " majolica was added. From 1880 to 1890 the factory produced 

 a good grade of white and decorated china, mostly in table services 

 and toilet sets. Through their majolica and " stucco " productions, 

 however, the firm became more widely known, and within the past 

 few years they have made many decorative pieces in shell and 

 dolphin patterns, after the Irish Belleek forms. Since the fire, 

 which destroyed a large portion of the works recently, the manu- 

 facture of majolica has been discontinued. Mr. Smith withdrew 

 from the firm in 1889 and erected levigating mills at Toughkena- 

 mon. Pa., near which place are large beds of kaolin. The firm 

 style was then changed to Grifi^en, Love & Co. 



As early as 1882 experiments were commenced in the manu- 



. — Shell anm> ('i'pih PiTriiK!; — Hklleek. 

 Willets Mauufacturing Compauy. 



