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of Sr. Quinto, a Filipino who resided for some time in Japan and investigated 

 the manufacture of porcelain there. Experienced Japanese workmen were employed 

 and clays from Bocaue, Los Baiios, and Nasugbu and silica from near Laoag in 

 Ilocos Norte were shipped to the factory. Some Japanese clays and silica were 

 imported. The factory was operated for about one year and a large amount of 

 ware was made and sold, but the enterprise was not successful. It soon became 

 evident that a high grade of porcelain clay had not been found and that there was 

 a deficiency in silica which could not be readily supplied from Philippine sources. 



The writer has secured from Yasuziro Kato, who was employed in 

 the factory, three authentic pieces which illustrate the results obtained 

 with Philippine materials : 



( 1 ) A yellowish plate ornamented with a fish sketched in blue. The biscuit was 

 burned from a mixture of ten parts Los BaSos clay and four parts Bocaue clay. 

 The glaze contains "silica" from Laoag. The ware is light weight, not very strong, 

 and somewhat pitted. 



(2) A grayish plate ornamented with a fish sketched in blue. The biscuit was 

 burned from a mixture of ten parts Los Baiios clay and four parts Batangas 

 clay. Laoag "silica" was used in the glaze. The ware is heavy and apparently 

 strong, but is somewhat pitted. The biscuit is faintly 3'ellowish. 



(3) A white bowl (now broken) with a Japanese character for the word "new" 

 written in blue in the bottom. The biscuit was burned from ten parts Los Baiios 

 clay and two parts Laoag "silica." The glaze was of the same material. This 

 ware iB the best which was made from Philippine materials. The biscuit is white 

 and the glaze white, but not quite so pure as is desirable. 



A better class of ware was manufactured from Los Banos clay and Japanese 

 silica. An example of this product is a plate with a blue transferred Japanese 

 design. 



At the Zobel factory some fine porcelain was made from Japanese 

 materials and a few articles were decorated in colors and gilt. A great 

 variety of articles were manufactured, including small vases such as 

 would readily sell to the trade, and flowerpots, etc., with metallic oxide 

 glazes were made from alluvial clay obtained at the factory. It is un- 

 fortunate that the factory did not continue in operation, producing such 

 ware as it was possible to make from the alluvial clays and finding a 

 ready market for their product in Manila. 



Dr. David P. Barrows, formerly Director of the Bureau of Educa- 

 tion, advocated the establishing of a pottery school as a part of the in- 

 struction in manual training. The services of Kanjiuro Kato, a Japan- 

 ese familiar with porcelain manufacture, were secured in 1906 on the 

 recommendation of Mr. Hunter Sharp, American consul at Kobe. So 

 many difficulties were encountered in the experimental work which he 

 carried on that the undertaking was temporarily abandoned. 



Manufacture of glazed pottery. — In 1906, Y. Kato, who had worked 

 for Tagawa at Bocaue and later was in the employ of Zobel, went to 



