APBIL 26, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Re^ew^ 



106 



H Have you read our full page advertisement, with price list and 

 liberal special discounts for mail orders, which appeared in the 

 Special Easter Number (March 28) of this magazine? 



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THE MT. GILEAD POTTERY COMPANY 



MT. GILEAD. OHIO 



Uttie Stories of ANCIENT IH)TTERY 



The earliest record of pottery Is found In 

 tiK- flrst book of Moses (Gen. xl., 2, 3), where 

 it is said of the wandering families of men, 

 iliat "as they .lourneyed from the east, they 

 found a plain In the land of Shinar; and they 

 dwelt there. And they said one to another. 

 Go to, let us make brick and burn them tbor- 

 oiighl.v. And they had brick for stone and 

 slime for mortar." Men who knew how to 

 iiiiike brick, of course, had pottery in other 

 forms. 



The oldest bricks hitherto discovered were 

 found at Warka. They bear the name of 

 King Urukh and a dedication to the moon, 

 and are supposed to date 2200 B. C. Perhaps 

 in nothing is the enduring 

 cliaracter better illustrated 

 than In the fact that on 

 hrlcks of that date are vls- 

 il)lo the marks of the feet 

 of birds and weasels, 

 which ran over them when 

 tbey were lying in the sun 

 to dry before baking. 



Among the most remark- 

 able objects in pottery are 

 coffins found by a Mr. 

 Layard at Nltfer, and in 

 vast numbers at Warkaw. 

 by a Mr. Loftus, who says 

 tUat this spot appears to have been a sacred 

 burial place for a period of probably 2500 

 years. He found the burial mounds to be 

 literally masses of the dead to the depth of 

 tiO feet, and he estimated the depth to be 30 

 feet more. 



The custom seems to have been to make 

 tUe lower part of the coffin, which received 

 the body, and then place or mould over it the 

 Ud and then bake the Jar with the enclosed 

 remains. 



Mr. Loftus found numerous specimens in a 

 form resembling an oval dish cover, the sides 

 sloping out toward the base. These were 

 from 4 to 7 feet long, 2 feet wide, and from 

 1 to 3 feet deep. But tli<> most interesting 

 coffins were slipper shaped: tlie oval opening 

 closed with a lid. 



These were ornamented with embossed fig- 

 ures of warriors, in panels, the whole visible 

 surface covered with a rich green enamel on 

 the exterior, and blue within the aperture. 

 The interior shows traces of red matting. 

 The coffins probably date from the Sassarrean 

 Period. 



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