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makes an intaglio modeled tile, the effect of which, when filled 

 with glaze, is that of a photograph on a smooth surface of clay. 

 The different depths of the engraving regulate the degree of shad- 

 ing, and portraits of individuals have been executed with great 

 fidelity. It has been mainly through the intelligent management 

 of Mr. George A. Stanbery, the general superintendent, with the 

 assistance of Mr. Karl Langenbeck, the efficient chemist of the 

 company, that such marked success has been achieved. The 



Fig. 39. — "Sappho." Beaver Falls Art Tile Company. By Broome. 



modeling and casting of the dies are the work of Mr. Hermann 

 Mueller, formerly of Coburg, who studied in the Industrial Acade- 

 my and Preparatory Art School of Nuremberg, and in the Art 

 Academy of Munich. For geometrical designing of encaustic tiles 

 used in flooring and wainscoting the factory employs several com- 

 petent architects. 



The works were projected in 1875 for the manufacture of floor 

 tiles, but in 1880 enameled tiles were added to the products of the 

 factory, and at the present time eleven large kilns are in operation. 

 The city of Zanesville has recently donated a tract of thirty acres 

 to the company, on which an extensive plant is now lieing erected 

 which will include twenty-eight kilns, to be ojierated in addition 

 to the present establishment. 



The Trent Tile Company, of Trenton. N. J., established about 

 1883, is now making dull lustered tiles in aJfo-relievo, which pro- 

 cess has been patented. This style of finish forms a striking con- 

 trast to the glazed and enameled varieties also made here. Effect- 



