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  YOKK 
  STATE 
  MUSErM 
  

  

  "Belleek, 
  or 
  eggshell 
  ware, 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  grade 
  of 
  porcelain 
  of 
  Tin- 
  

   usual 
  thinness 
  and 
  delicacy. 
  It 
  Avas 
  originally 
  manufactured 
  at 
  

   Belleek, 
  Ireland, 
  but 
  its 
  production 
  there 
  has 
  nearly 
  died 
  out. 
  The 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  has 
  been 
  attended 
  with 
  more 
  

   ■or 
  less 
  success. 
  The 
  dull 
  cream 
  enamel 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  bears 
  some 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  Royal 
  Worcester 
  porcelain. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  

   ware 
  is 
  finished 
  with 
  a 
  transparent 
  glaze 
  showing 
  the 
  white 
  color 
  

   of 
  the 
  body, 
  the 
  decoration 
  being 
  over 
  the 
  glaze. 
  Belleek 
  wares 
  

   are 
  often 
  formed 
  by 
  casting. 
  

  

  Electric 
  supplies. 
  This 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  clay-working 
  industry 
  

   is 
  rapidly 
  groAving, 
  and 
  gives 
  every 
  indication 
  of 
  being 
  perma- 
  

   nently 
  successful. 
  The 
  supplies 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  vitrified 
  body 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  insulators, 
  cut-outs, 
  fuse-boxes, 
  push-buttons, 
  etc. 
  They 
  are 
  

   manufactured 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  at 
  Brooklyn 
  and 
  Syracuse 
  and 
  Victor. 
  

  

  Majolica. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  earthenware 
  decorated 
  in 
  many 
  colors, 
  

   which 
  are 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  ware 
  in 
  the 
  glaze 
  either 
  by 
  slipping 
  or 
  

   with 
  a 
  brush. 
  The 
  ware 
  is 
  fired 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  heat, 
  thereby 
  permitting 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  softer 
  tints. 
  The 
  clays 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  body 
  are 
  often 
  of 
  

   a 
  low 
  grade; 
  the 
  glaze 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  cover 
  up 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  im- 
  

   perfections, 
  but 
  the 
  ware 
  is 
  cheap 
  and 
  the 
  bright 
  tints 
  of 
  the 
  deco- 
  

   ration 
  are 
  usually 
  catching. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  cheapness 
  com- 
  

   bined 
  with 
  its 
  rather 
  bright 
  and 
  attractive 
  appearance 
  it 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  used 
  by 
  merchants 
  to 
  give 
  away 
  with 
  samples 
  of 
  their 
  ware. 
  

  

  Majolica 
  was 
  formerly 
  manufactured 
  in 
  ISTew 
  York 
  state, 
  but 
  

   the 
  factory 
  has 
  turned 
  its 
  attention 
  to 
  other 
  and 
  more 
  profitable 
  

   lines 
  of 
  ware. 
  

  

  Parian 
  ware 
  is 
  a 
  term 
  applied 
  to 
  white, 
  unglazed 
  porcelain, 
  

   with 
  a 
  dense 
  body, 
  which 
  is 
  considered 
  to 
  resemble 
  closely 
  Parian 
  

   marble. 
  This 
  class 
  of 
  ware 
  is 
  used 
  somewhat 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  

   of 
  ornaments 
  and 
  busts, 
  but 
  has 
  comparatively 
  little 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  

   country. 
  , 
  It 
  was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  made 
  in 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  manufacture 
  

   Certain 
  steps 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  pottery 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  all 
  grades 
  of 
  ware, 
  but 
  the 
  higher 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  

   product 
  the 
  more 
  complicated 
  usually 
  the 
  process. 
  

  

  