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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  county 
  and 
  the 
  slip 
  clay 
  of 
  Albany, 
  while 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  

   potteries 
  embrace 
  stoneware, 
  earthenware, 
  clay 
  tobacco 
  pipes, 
  china 
  

   tableware, 
  art 
  pottery, 
  porcelain 
  electrical 
  supplies, 
  chemical 
  and 
  

   sanitary 
  ware, 
  etc. 
  The 
  kaolin 
  used 
  is 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  other 
  

   states 
  or 
  imported 
  from 
  England. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  stoneware 
  clay 
  

   comes 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  the 
  feldspar 
  from 
  Canada. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  potteries 
  that 
  were 
  active 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  25, 
  and 
  of 
  

   these 
  all 
  but 
  one 
  reported 
  their 
  production. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  out- 
  

   put 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  returns, 
  including 
  an 
  estimate 
  for 
  the 
  single 
  

   producer 
  not 
  reporting, 
  amounted 
  to 
  $1,653,241, 
  a 
  sum 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  $2,240,895 
  for 
  1907 
  was 
  actually 
  about 
  

   $200,000 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  valuation 
  for 
  that 
  year, 
  owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  inclusion 
  of 
  extraneous 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  returns 
  of 
  electric 
  sup- 
  

   plies. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  such 
  pottery 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  porcelain 
  

   alone, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  hardware 
  trimmings. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  counties 
  were 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  : 
  

   Albany, 
  Erie, 
  Kings, 
  Livingston, 
  Madison, 
  Nassau, 
  Onondaga, 
  

   Ontario, 
  Schenectady, 
  Suffolk, 
  Washington 
  and 
  Westchester. 
  On- 
  

   ondaga 
  county 
  with 
  six 
  active 
  firms 
  was 
  first 
  in 
  importance 
  of 
  

   output, 
  which 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $637,796. 
  Erie 
  county 
  with 
  two 
  pro- 
  

   ducers 
  stood 
  second 
  and 
  Ontario 
  county 
  with 
  three 
  w^as 
  third. 
  On- 
  

   ondaga 
  and 
  Erie 
  counties 
  produced 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  tableware. 
  The 
  

   electric 
  supplies 
  were 
  made 
  chiefly 
  in 
  Schenectady 
  and 
  Ontario 
  

   counties. 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  production 
  of 
  pottery 
  

  

  WARE 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  1908 
  

  

  Stoneware 
  

  

  Red 
  earthenware 
  

  

  $84 
  031 
  

  

  30 
  234 
  

  

  835 
  000 
  

  

  768 
  236 
  

  

  77 
  507 
  

  

  $65 
  271 
  

  

  28 
  296 
  

  

  I 
  181 
  162 
  

  

  869 
  3786 
  

   96 
  788 
  

  

  $44 
  712 
  

  

  31 
  645 
  

  

  900 
  548 
  

  

  595 
  247 
  

   81 
  089 
  

  

  Porcelain 
  and 
  semiporcelain 
  a 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Electric 
  and 
  sanitary 
  supplies. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Miscellaneous 
  

  

  

  $1 
  795 
  008 
  

  

  $2 
  240 
  895 
  

  

  $1 
  653 
  241 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  china 
  tableware 
  and 
  cream-colored 
  ware. 
  

  

  b 
  Includes 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  about 
  $200,000 
  for 
  hardware 
  trimmings 
  used 
  in 
  electric 
  supplies. 
  

  

  Crude 
  clay 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  foregoing 
  tables 
  relating 
  to 
  clay 
  products 
  no 
  account 
  has 
  

   been 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  crude 
  clay 
  entering 
  into 
  their 
  manufacture. 
  There 
  

  

  