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rington, Lyons, of which the collections also contain representa- 

 tives. According to the statements of Mr Ryan, it would appear 

 that Harrington was at first the company in che firm of N. Clark & 

 Co., Lyons. Other of Clark's apprentices were Edward Selby, who 

 established himself at Hudson and George B. Fraser, who came 

 from Athens to West Troy in 1845, and still another, Samuel Brady, 

 undertook potting at Ellenville. 



We have further record of stoneware potteries of the early period 

 (1830-50) in pieces in the collection marked /. Burgher, Rochester, 

 J. Mantell, Penn Yan, J. Fischer & Co., Lyons, I. Seymour, Troy 

 and Henry and Van Allen, Albany. Whether any of these were 

 originally established as branches of the Clark pottery at Athens 

 or by employees from that factory is not now a matter of record, 

 but it may be noted that the Mantell pottery was established by 

 John Campbell early in the 19th century, the business being after- 

 ward taken over by James Mantell, who is said to have brought 

 his clay from New Jersey; also that the pottery of J. Fischer & Co., 

 Lyons, has now become the Lyons Stoneware Co., which uses New 

 Jersey clays. 



There has recently been obtained for the Museum an interesting 

 piece having the form of an inkstand, showing a very crude flaky 

 white body and a mottled glaze, bearing the mark Mechanicville. 

 A figure of this interesting piece is here given. There has been 

 no record found demonstrating the pottery from which this piece 

 came, but careful personal inquiry of some of the older residents 

 of Mechanicville elicits the fact that a pottery was located on 

 South street at its junction with the Champlain canal and was 

 owned and run by William Bradshaw. This factory had but a 

 brief life and was abandoned somewhere between 1840-45. The 

 clays were obtained about \ mile below the works at the present 

 site of the New England Brick Co. There was another pottery 

 situated at the junction of William street and the Champlain 

 canal which was originated and run by Joel Farnam, but it was 

 operated for only a year or two and closed in 1846. Its clay 

 was obtained at first from -north of the village but this proving 

 unsatisfactory some clays were brought in from New Jersey. 



Of still further interest is a salt -glazed earthenware piece having 

 the shape of a tobacco or snuff jar and bearing the mark coarsely 

 imprinted with wooden type: DANIEL JOHNSON. NO 24 

 LUMBER STREET N. YORK. In the directories of New York 

 city from 1800 to 1803 Daniel Johnson appears as an oysterman 

 at 24 Lumber street. His first appearance seems to be at 41 Ann 

 street in 1794 and his last at 106 Cherry street in 181 2. Previous 

 to 1796 Lumber street was Lambert street and in 1804 it stands 



