AN EARLY WEST VIRGINIA POTTERY. 521 



Fi.owKK roT. Salt glaze stoneware. Decorated with impressioii.s In »iii iiiold.suf piiie 

 cones. Date, 1880. Made by Greenluiul TIioiiipMoii. IMute 7, (ig. 4. 

 Height, 3} inches; diamolcr, 5} inches. 

 Morjfiintown, West Virsiiiin. 205341. 

 Gift of Mrs. Doreiis Haymoild. 



Bottle for slip painting. Terra-cotta, with brown glaze. The vessel has been 

 turned in the shape of a low bottle, and while green flattened on one side, con- 

 cavities pressed in the opposite sides for the thumb and forefinger, a hole made 

 in the top for the cork, and a quill thrust in the neck. In painting, the bottle 

 was filled with slip and the perforated stopper inserted. By the closing and 

 opening of the aperture in the cork with the forefinger the slip was made to flow 

 at the pleasure of the operator. Slip painting was prevalent in England in the 

 last century, and some remarkable pieces are still in existence. The slip vessel 

 may have been brought from England at the close of the last century. Plate 12, 

 fig.'l. 



Length, 4 inches; height, 2| inches. 

 Morgantown, West Virginia. 96597. 

 Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



Bottle for slip painting. Similar in form to No. 96597, but of unglazed terra-cotta, 

 and having two holes. Two small feet in front allow the bottle to stand in slant- 

 ing position, preventing the leakage at the qviill wlien not in use. Plate 12, fig. 4. 



Length, 51 inches; height, Si inches. 



Morgantown, West Virginia. 90.598. 



Gift of Mrs. Dorcas Haymond. 



