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Peoria Pottery Company, wliicli makes a fine grade of similar 

 goods. 



Messrs. Haiigliwout, Dailey & Co. had a decorating establish- 

 ment in New York city in 1853, and employed a hundred hands 

 in painting French china for the American market. Mr. James 

 Carr, who came to this country in 1844, worked for the American 

 Pottery Company of Jersey City until 1853, when he went to South 

 Amboy, and there established a pottery for the manufacture of 



t'ui. li). — Wakk mauk uy Lyman & Fextox. 



yellow and Rockingham wares. In October, 1855, he started a 

 pottery in New York, under the firm name of Morrison & Carr, 

 where table-services in opaque china, white granite, and majolica 

 were made. He directed his efforts toward the attainment of 

 higher standards, and his experiments resulted in the production 

 of some artistic pieces of porcelain and faience, excellent both in 

 design and execution ; but as there was little demand for this 

 class of goods at that time, these attempts were discontinued. In 

 1888, owing to the close competition of out-of-town manufactur- 

 ers, the New York pottery was closed and the factory torn down. 

 Mr. Carr has recently built, on the premises in West Thirteenth 

 Street, several large stores, the rentals from which, he claims, 

 yield him better returns than potting. 



The Philadelphia City Pottery of Mr. J. E. Jeffords, who came 

 from the New York establishment of Messrs. Morrison & Carr 

 about 18G0, includes two distinct factories, one of which turns out 

 a high grade of Rockingham, yellow, and white-lined blue ware, 

 while the adjoining workshop produces an excellent variety of 

 white and decorated earthenware for toilet and table use. In 

 Rockingham some of the old English designs are reproduced, 

 such as the "Toby " ale-jug and the cow creamer. A few years 

 ago a more elaborate ornamentation was attempted in the paint- 



