﻿CLAYS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  817 
  

  

  *^ 
  print 
  '^ 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  relatively 
  thick 
  line 
  of 
  color 
  ; 
  just 
  in 
  proportion 
  

   as 
  the 
  engraver 
  cuts 
  deeply 
  into 
  the 
  plate, 
  so 
  is 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  color 
  

   " 
  taken 
  up 
  ''. 
  Xow 
  " 
  undergiaze 
  plates 
  " 
  are 
  cut 
  much 
  more 
  deeply 
  

   than 
  " 
  enamels 
  ^% 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  " 
  transfer 
  '' 
  or 
  prmted 
  paper 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  under 
  a 
  microscope 
  the 
  undergiaze 
  prints 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  con- 
  

   sist 
  of 
  raised 
  (as 
  we 
  have 
  previously 
  said), 
  relatively 
  thick 
  ridges 
  of 
  

   color, 
  laid 
  with 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  uppermost. 
  It 
  is 
  this 
  depth 
  

   or 
  strength 
  of 
  cutting 
  that 
  enables 
  the 
  undergiaze 
  prints 
  to 
  produce 
  

   their 
  strong 
  patterns, 
  for, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  glaze, 
  if 
  only 
  

   a 
  thin 
  film 
  of 
  color, 
  as 
  in 
  chromolithography, 
  were 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  

   ware, 
  the 
  decoration 
  would 
  be 
  so 
  faint 
  as 
  scarcely 
  to 
  be 
  visible. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  colors 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  strong 
  staining 
  power 
  when 
  

   applied 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  thin 
  coat 
  is 
  small. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  difficulty. 
  

   At 
  present 
  the 
  best 
  chromolithographic 
  work 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  French, 
  

   and 
  by 
  some 
  Staffordshire 
  potters. 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  stoneware 
  clays 
  

  

  Deposits 
  of 
  clay 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  stoneware 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island 
  and 
  Long 
  Island. 
  Those 
  of 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   are 
  at 
  KJreischerville. 
  The 
  Long 
  Island 
  clays 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  Elm 
  

   point, 
  on 
  Greatneck, 
  at 
  Glencove, 
  and 
  Littleneck, 
  near 
  l^orth- 
  

   port. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  shipped 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  points, 
  including 
  

   Poughkeepsie, 
  Rochester, 
  Utica, 
  in 
  ISTew 
  York; 
  also 
  to 
  ISTew 
  Haven, 
  

   Stamford, 
  Xorwalk 
  and 
  Hartford, 
  Ct., 
  ^sTewark, 
  X. 
  J., 
  and 
  

   Pittston, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  clays 
  are 
  rather 
  sandy 
  in 
  their 
  nature; 
  

   consequently 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  mix 
  with 
  the 
  

   !N^ew 
  Jersey 
  clays 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  latter 
  from 
  cracking 
  in 
  

   burning. 
  The 
  sandy 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  clays 
  makes 
  it 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  turn 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  alone 
  on 
  the 
  potter's 
  wheel. 
  

  

  Ehn 
  'point. 
  A 
  deposit 
  has 
  been 
  worked 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  at 
  a 
  

   poinit, 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  north 
  west 
  of 
  Great 
  neck, 
  but 
  the 
  

   pit 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  in 
  operation, 
  though 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  clay 
  does 
  not 
  

   appear 
  to 
  have 
  given 
  out, 
  as 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  to 
  

   be 
  seen 
  outcropping 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  at 
  several 
  points 
  to 
  both 
  north 
  

  

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