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  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Pottery 
  industry 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  The 
  products 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  made 
  in 
  'New 
  York 
  include 
  common 
  

   earthenware, 
  stoneware, 
  both 
  common 
  and 
  chemical, 
  white 
  earthen- 
  

   ware, 
  porcelain. 
  

  

  Greater 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  works 
  situated 
  within 
  its 
  boundaries 
  

   are: 
  

  

  D. 
  E-obitzels's 
  Sons, 
  Morrisania. 
  White 
  earthenware 
  and 
  hard 
  

   porcelain 
  

  

  Capital 
  pottery, 
  Brooklyn. 
  Stoneware 
  

   A. 
  Benkert, 
  Brooklyn. 
  Stoneware 
  

  

  Joseph 
  ^ewbrand 
  pottery. 
  Long 
  Island 
  City. 
  Earthenware 
  

   Chemical 
  pottery 
  works, 
  C. 
  Graham, 
  Brooklyn. 
  Chemical 
  stone- 
  

   ware 
  

  

  The 
  clays 
  used 
  are 
  mostly 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  but 
  at 
  times 
  some 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  clays 
  are 
  used. 
  The 
  product 
  includes 
  acid 
  receivers, 
  

   vats, 
  jars, 
  stop-cocks, 
  sinks, 
  pumps 
  and 
  other 
  articles 
  for 
  chemical 
  

   works. 
  

  

  W. 
  T. 
  Dufek, 
  Brooklyn. 
  Stoneware 
  

   Empire 
  china 
  works, 
  Brooklyn. 
  White 
  earthenware 
  

   Green 
  point 
  porcelain 
  works, 
  Brooklyn. 
  White 
  earthenware 
  

   Union 
  porcelain 
  works, 
  Brooklyn. 
  White 
  earthenware 
  

   The 
  last 
  factory 
  makes 
  a 
  true 
  hard 
  porcelain, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  origi- 
  

   nally 
  established 
  in 
  1854 
  as 
  a 
  bone 
  china 
  factory. 
  The 
  chief 
  

   product 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  is 
  both 
  plain 
  and 
  decorated 
  table 
  ware, 
  though 
  

   the 
  factory 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  C. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Smith 
  has 
  turned 
  out 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  high 
  grade 
  ornamental 
  objects, 
  specially 
  vases. 
  

  

  Syracuse. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  pottery, 
  situated 
  here, 
  was 
  organized 
  

   in 
  1871, 
  the 
  product 
  at 
  first 
  being 
  white 
  granite. 
  Subsequently 
  

   (1886) 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  porcelain 
  was 
  begun; 
  this 
  forms 
  the 
  

   output 
  at 
  present. 
  The 
  ware 
  bears 
  a 
  high 
  reputation 
  for 
  its 
  strength 
  

   and 
  toughness, 
  with 
  which 
  is 
  combined 
  lightness. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  plates 
  illustrating 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  pottery 
  were 
  

   taken 
  at 
  these 
  works 
  through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr 
  Pass, 
  the 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  company. 
  So 
  successful- 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  operations 
  of' 
  

   this 
  company, 
  ihat 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  plaiit 
  has-been 
  doubled. 
  

  

  