RECENT ADVANCES IN THE POTTERY INDUSTRY, -u 



After leaving the Ott and Brewer Company he went in 1883 with 

 the Harris Manufacturing Company, now the Trent Tile Company, 

 as modeler, and afterward^ in 188G, was instrumental in establish- 

 ing the Providential Tile Works, of Trenton, N. J., and designed 

 many of their best works. Through his influence the Beaver Falls 

 establishment has made, during the past year and a half, rapid 

 strides in the development of decorative tile manufacture. A 

 complete ceramic color scale has been achieved and a series of 

 glazes produced, of soft, rich tones, a most important result 

 obtained being entire freedom from " crazing," which has already 

 given these works a high reputation Prof. Broome is an inde- 

 fatigable worker and a prolific artist, his sculptures being charac- 

 terized by exquisite conception and beautiful execution. While 

 he has produced many more pretentious works, some of his sim- 



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pie designs leave nothing to be desired. One of his most highly 

 admired pieces is a six-inch tile with a Grecian figure (Sappho) 

 leaning on a harp. Prof. Broome has also designed some twelve 

 by twelve inch tiles of great merit which will soon be submitted 

 to the public. 



The American Encaustic Tiling Company, of Zanesville, Ohio, 

 is the most extensive establishment of the kind in the United 

 States. It manufactures artistic and encaustic tiles, and has placed 

 upon the market some fine pieces of relief work, twelve by eight- 

 een inches in size^ among the subjects of which we have seen 

 some female water-carriers of Grecian type. This factory also 



