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Fig. 24. — Egg-shell Porcelain— The "Engagement 

 Cup and Saucer. Ceramic Art Company. 



duced cost. The bold ornamentation of their jardinieres, umbrel- 

 la-jars, punch-bowls, and vases, after the Doulton, Royal Worces- 

 ter, and Adderley methods, bears a striking individuality of its 

 own. Probably their most beautiful pieces are those on which 

 raised gold designs are applied by hand to an exquisite mazarine 

 blue. White tiles of the finest quality, with underglaze blue 



printed devices, as well as 

 embossed and art tiles, are 

 also made to some extent. 

 The Greenwood Pottery 

 Company, incorporated in 

 Trenton in 1868, make a 

 specialty of the manufact- 

 ure of vitrified and trans- 

 lucent china for hotel, 

 steamship, and railway 

 uses. This pottery was 

 established in 1861, under 

 the style of Stephens, 

 Tams & Co. They are 

 also making, at the pres- 

 ent time, thin china table ware for domestic purposes, porcelain 

 hardware trimmings, and electrical, telegraph, and telephone in- 

 sulating supplies. Some years ago they added an art department 



to their extensive establishment, 

 and their decorated productions 

 are characterized by elegance of 

 form, being decorated usually in 

 the Royal Worcester style, with 

 ivory finish and raised gold, sil- 

 ver, and bronze effects. The plant 

 of the company consists of seven- 

 teen large kilns, with an annual 

 producing capacity of over half a 

 million dollars. 



Among the other important 

 Trenton establishments is that 

 of Messrs. Oliphant & Co., which 

 turns out large quantities of 

 plumbers' sanitary appliances, druggists' and jewelers' supplies. 

 About 1886 the late Mr. Thomas Connolly, a partner in the con- 

 cern, commenced experimenting in Belleek wares, having been at 

 one time connected with the Irish works. He succeeded in pro- 

 ducing some exquisitely thin trial pieces, and demonstrated the 

 fact that these works could manufacture egg-shell ware of the 

 highest grade. The few pieces which were produced, consisting 



Fig. 25. — Whitk-ware Pitcher. 

 Phft'iiixville, Pa. 



