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adjacent clay. The thin slip is then emptied from the center of 

 the molds, leaving a shell of uniform thickness, which is allowed 

 to stand a while longer before being removed. 



The bodies are made of clays found mainly in the Ohio Valley, 

 though samples are being constantly sent to Mr. Joseph Bailey' 

 the superintendent, from all parts of the country. The clays 

 mostly used are a red variety from Buena Vista,' Ohio ; yellow 

 from Ironton, Ohio ; and a whitish or cream-colored clay from 

 Chattanooga— artificially tinted bodies being also used to some 

 extent. The glazing, however, is the most distinctive character- 

 istic of the Rookwood Pottery, which, when applied to the tinted 



Fig. 29. -Group of Rookwood Vases. 



bodies, produces the e£eect of rich tones of black, yellow, green, 

 red, brown, and amber, harmoniously blended, of great depth and 

 strength. A number of competent artists are constantly employed 

 m beautifying the wares, the decorations being entirely under- 

 glaze. Mr. Kataro Shirayamadani, a Japanese painter of the best 

 school, is doing some of the finest work in Oriental methods. 

 Mr. A. R. Valentien, Mr. M. A. Daly, and others rank among the 

 best American decorators in their particular lines. The above 

 engraving will give a fair idea of some of the forms of vases 

 produced, but no adequate conception of the great beauty of the 

 glazing can be conveyed in black and white. 



It is not generally known that the Rookwood Pottery has 

 produced varieties of ware other than the richly glazed pottery 

 which has recently become so familiar through its exhibition in 

 the prominent art-stores of the country. In the earlier years, 

 commencing about 1881, cream-colored ware, with blue prints of 



