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fishes and reptiles, was made. One of these early plates so deco- 

 rated is here figured. Yellow ware of the finest quality was also 

 produced ten years ago. The highest achievements in glazing 

 are the so-called tiger's-eye and gold-stone, which glisten in the 

 light with an auriferous sheen and all the changing hues of the 

 rainbow. 



The Rookwood Pottery was the first in this country to demon- 

 strate the fact that a purely American art-production, in which 

 original and conscientious work is made paramount to commer- 

 cial considerations, can be appreciated by the American public ; 

 for financially this enterprise has recently proved successful, and 

 under the efficient management of Mr. W. W. Taylor, the entliu- 

 siastic president of 

 the company, experi- 

 ments are being con- 

 stantly prosecuted to 

 discover new bodies, 

 colors, and glazes. 

 At the present time 

 a new building, with 

 improved equip- 

 ments, is being erect- 

 ed on the summit 

 of Mount Adams, 

 which, it is expected, 

 will be ready for oc- 

 cupancy before the 

 end of the present 

 year. 



Within the past 

 few years other pot- 

 teries have attempt- 

 ed in Cincinnati to make decorated ware, with varying success. 

 One founded by Mr. M. Morgan produced a faience modeled in 

 low relief, in Moorish designs, and the Avon Pottery commenced 

 the manufacture of a ware somewhat resembling the Rookwood ; 

 but both were closed after a brief existence. 



The Cincinnati Art Pottery Company, Mr. Frank Huntington, 

 president, was organized in 1870, and for several years confined 

 its work to an underglaze faience after the Lambeth style. Later 

 it made Barbotine ware in applied work, but soon dropped this 

 and turned its attention to a more artistic style of overglaze deco- 

 ration. For a time the " Hungarian faience " was popular with 

 the purchasing public. We are enabled to give an engraving of 

 examples of this (Fig. 31). The latest style of work produced at 

 this factory is called the " Portland blue faience," which consists 



Fig. 30. — EooKWO(ii) Platk, Printed Decoration. 



