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prominent buildings throughout the United States, and is justly held by architects and the trade as the standard of the 
highest quality. 
It received medals for tin plates ot high grade manufacture at the Franklin Institute Exposition in 1874, at t ^ le 
Centennial Exposition in 1876 and also at the National Export Exposition, held in Philadelphia in 1899. 
THAT EASY MOVEMENT 
Quiet and ease is what we seek in the home, be it country or city. The best people, those that know, are using 
either the Bommer Spring Hinge or the Bommer Ball Bearing Floor Hinge. They work noiselessly, a slight push with 
the foot from either side causes the door to open either way. Bommer Spring Hinges have become famous for that 
“ easy movement.” It is their peculiarity. They do their work calmly ; no after-claps and their appearance is 
elegant and the finish perfect. 
“ Practically Unbreakable,” says the World’s Fair award, Chicago, 1893. 
Gold Medal awarded, International Exposition, Paris, 1900. 
Gold Medal awarded Pan-American Exposition, 1901. 
Your hardware dealer can furnish Bommer Spring Hinges. They are manufactured by Bommer Brothers, 257 to 
271 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
“ S. B. Church, Seymour, Conn., branch office, Boston, Mass., has recently removed from 21 South Market 
Street to 38 South Market Street, Boston, where he has a large store fitted up in a most attractive way. This change 
became necessary on account of his increased business. 
Mr. Church’s specialty is contracting for complete suburban pumping plants, including artesian wells, wind mills or 
pumping engines, with ornamental tank towers some of which are very elaborate in design. 
He also erects a large number of tank tower outfits for fire protection for factories. 
Mr. Church installed the water plant in connection with ‘ Bellefontaine,’ Lenox, Mass., the beautiful suburban 
residence which our readers have become familiar with through the articles issued in our January and February numbers.” 
FACTORY OF THE ROOKWOOD POTTERY CO. 
CINCINNATI 
Is illustrated with the idea or showing that because a building is used for manufacturing purposes it need not be other¬ 
wise than artistic. The grouping of the several buildings is interesting in the extreme and conveys the impressions of a 
large country house rather than a factory. 
MERRIMAC POTTERY 
It is but a little over a year that the Merritnac Potteries of Newburyport, Mass., have been offering fictile products 
adapted to the interior and exterior decoration of homes, yet the capacity of the pottery is fully taxed to supply the 
demand which has come for its ware. The graceful shapes and fine texture of the enamels characteristic of the ware 
made for beautifying the interior of houses is better known than the class of large garden pottery in red terra cotta and 
white clays which they are producing in large quantities this Spring. Several extensive gardens in Newport, New York, 
in the vicinity of Boston, along the North Shore and in the South and West are being fitted up by this Pottery. 
The shapes of the vases are on the lines of old Greek or modern Italian models or from designs which have had 
the approval of the |ury of The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston. There are few ways in which a moderate 
amount of money can be more advantageously used in the decoration of large gardens or smaller grounds, than by the 
use of growing trees and shrubs in terra cotta pots. 
Following up the idea of producing work of a classical character at a moderate cost. The Merrimac Potteries 
have this month brought out reproductions of the Arrhetian, or, so-called Samian, ware in clays of light red and ivory 
colors, from the original molds or pottery. These pieces are in the shape of modelled flower bowls and cups and are 
by far the most exquisite of old Greek modelling. 
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