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more. This body is made into many useful and decorative shapes, 

 such as jugs, jmrlinieres, vases, etc. Pieces of this ware may be 

 seen in Fig. 33. In addition to these productions, the Chesapeake 

 Pottery has turned out ornamental flower-pots, Parian cattle-head 

 plaques in high relief, modeled by Mr. James Priestman, of Bos- 

 ton, from studies of typical animals in the noted herd of Mr. 

 Harvey Adams ; also two interesting has - reliefs representing 

 Winter and Summer, in Parian, the latter modeled by Mr. Priest- 

 man and the former by an English artist. 



The Clifton ware from this manufactory belongs to the ma- 

 jolica family, and is said to equal, if not surpass, in body the 



famous Wedgwood 

 ware of the same 

 class. 



The ivory ware 

 possesses a body of 

 a soft ivory tint, 

 made from native 

 clays, without the 

 addition of coloring 

 either in body or 

 glaze, whose soft 

 , grain and texture 

 » render it peculiar- 

 ' ly adapted for free 

 treatment and taste- 

 ful decoration. Me- 

 dallions in various 

 colored pastes, on 

 bodies of different 

 tints, which are 

 baked at one fir- 

 ing, have been com- 

 pared favorably with some of the fine Avares made at Etruria, the 

 result of years of intelligent study and experiment in American 

 materials. Many other bodies of equal merit have been invented 

 at this factory, but we have not the space to dwell upon them. 



No one of our potters has done so much to beautify the wares 

 for daily use in the household as Mr. Haynes, or accomplished 

 more in the direction of elevating and refining the tastes of the 

 masses, which he considers of even greater importance than the 

 production of a few fine pieces which could only be within the 

 reach of the wealthy. That he has succeeded in this laudable 

 effort is am])ly demonstrated by the extent to which many of his 

 designs have been copied both at home and abroad. 



Tiles. — The history of the ceramic art in America would not 



Fig. 33. — " Arvnuel" Ware. Chesapeake Pottery. 



