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turning out white ware which was daimed to be ecjual in quality 

 and workmanship to the best made in Staffordshire. Two years 

 later Captain John Mullowney, brick-maker, was ojDerating the 

 Washington pottery on Market Street, west of Seventeenth ; and 

 in the files of the Aurora or General Advertiser, published in 

 Philadelphia in 1810, this factory advertised red, yellow, and 

 black coffee-pots, tea-pots, pitchers, etc, and called special atten- 

 tion to the decorating ])ranch, artists being employed who were 

 prepared to put any device, cipher, or pattern on china or other 

 ware at the shortest notice. 



Daniel Freytag was making in Philadelphia, in 1811, a finer 

 quality of china-ware than had yet been produced in the United 



States. It was made of various colors, 



,:r^~' ' and was embellished with gold and 



_^i^- ^ silver; and in 1817 David G. Seixas 



fV' " ' > manufactured an imitation of the 



Liverpool white crockery from native 

 American clays with great success, 

 continuing the business until 1822. 



Porcelain was made in New York 

 city early in this century, probably 

 by Dr. Mead. How long this factory 

 was in operation is not known, but it 

 is believed that a fine grade of ware 

 ^was made there from American ma- 

 terials. A vase over a foot in height, 

 of excellent body and exceedingly 

 white glaze, is preserved in the 

 Franklin Institute. This was " fin- 

 ished in New York in 1810," and is 

 supposed to have been made at that 

 factory. It is entirely devoid of gild- 

 ing or coloring, and is made in two 

 parts, held together by a screw and 

 nut, after the French manner. 

 In 1823 Henry Remmey, a brother of John Remmey, the last 

 proprietor of the New York stone-ware factor}^, wdiich was closed 

 about 1820, came to Philadelphia and embarked in the same busi- 

 ness, which is now continued by a great-grandson, Mr. Richard 

 C. Remmey, who now owns the largest stone-ware works in the 

 United States. Here are manufactured fire-bricks of superior 

 quality, and chemical stone and porcelain ware of every descrij^- 

 tion, some of the vessels having a capacity of two hundred to five 

 hundred gallons. In addition to these specialties, the factory pro- 

 duces a large line of household utensils, and the business has grown 

 to such proportions that the ten large kilns are taxed to the utmost. 



Fig. 4. — Pokcelain Vase. 

 York, 1810. 



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