House and Garden 
Would that the potter 
had put a thought more 
elasticity into the con¬ 
tour lines (which look as 
though under internal 
pressure) and had not 
smoothed out the light 
and shade of the encirc¬ 
ling garland ! The dis¬ 
tinguished Greek vase 
L, a half ovoid in shape, 
is said to have been 
modeled by hand, but 
it discloses little enthu¬ 
siasm. The potter came 
nearer to expressing him¬ 
self in the Japanese jar, 
M, which is symmetrical 
in the right sense, and is 
one of the best Merrimac 
productions. Uncom¬ 
mon in shape, though 
still too measured in 
treatment is the tall 
A WALL POCKET FOR FLOWERS 
Designed by Theodore Hanford Pond 
vase marked N, and 
both archaic and grace¬ 
ful is O. Plainly, if the 
handicraft here and in 
the other Merrimac de¬ 
signs were on a par with 
the selection of patterns, 
some quite wonderful re¬ 
sults might ensue. 
Antique shapes and 
those of the profuse 
Louis Quatorze period 
are produced at the old 
pottery of William Gal¬ 
loway in Philadelphia 
without appearing to 
exercise much influence 
upon the modern de¬ 
signs turned out by the 
same establishment. 
The concise and elegant 
piece marked R (using 
the latter adjective in its 
original significance), was 
A A 
Designed by Theodore Hanford Pond 
BB 
TERRA COTTA TREE JARS MADE AT THE POILLON POTTERY 
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