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In the same year Messrs. Stephens & Leach started a factory 

 for architectural terra cotta in West Philadelphia, and later the 

 firm name was changed to Stephens, Armstrong & Conkling. 



Fig. 48. — Finials. Indianapolis Terra Cotta Company. 



During the five years of the works' existence it has furnished ma- 

 terial for hundreds of important structures in Philadelphia and 

 other cities, of which particular mention may be made of panels 

 and gable work in the library 

 of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, and the Drexel In- 

 stitute, now being erected in 

 West Philadelphia. A series 

 of animal-head medallions, in 

 high relief, are particularly 

 excellent, and some bas-relief 

 portraits of eminent men, 

 modeled by such sculptors as 

 H. J. Ellicott, John Boyle, and 

 E. N. Conkling, are among 

 their best productions. A me- 

 dallion of Columbus by Mr. 

 Conkling, and a Cupid and 

 floral panel by Thomas Rob- 

 ertson, are here represented. Admirable work is also being pro- 

 duced by other establishments in Boston, Chicago, and most of 

 our larger cities. 



Fi(i. 49. — Medallion of Columbus. 



