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Figure 76. — Blue-,and-\vhite Chinese porcelain. 



and in some cases the shell edge was no longer actually 

 molded Ijnt simply suggested by a painted border. 

 Some variants were introduced that were not intended 

 to be shell edge in design, but merely blue or green 

 molded patterns. A Marlborough sherd from one of 

 these has a gadrooned edge and molded swags and 

 palmettes. Except for two late rims, painted but not 

 molded, the shell-edge wares from Marlborough 

 probably date from John Francis Mercer's period in 

 the late 1 700's and from John Bronaugh's occupancy 

 of the mansion during the Cooke period in the first 

 decade of the 19th century (fig. 74c). 



The success of the new whitcware in permitting the 

 use of underglaze blue resulted in a second class that 



is decorated in the Chinese manner, after the style of 

 English delft and porcelain. This type was popular 

 between 1780 and 1790, especially in the United 

 States, where many whole specimens have sur\i\ed 

 above ground. Se\eral sherds are among the Marl- 

 borough artifacts and appear to have come entirely 

 from hollow forms, such as bowls and pitchers.""" 

 Sherds from a blue-and-white ntug with molded 

 designs, including the shell motif around the handle, 

 have been found also. 

 The third class of whiteware, which was heavily 



200 "The Editor's Attic" and cover: Antiques (New \'ork, 

 June 1928), vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 474-475. 



