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avoid too great complexity of production. The most interest- 
ing part of their work at the present moment is the tiling for 
fire places, flower pot stands, etc., which, while green pre- 
dominates, is executed in various subdued colors and is excel- 
lent in design. A new feature introduced at St. Louis was the 
scarab letter weight in a mat green or blue, which admirabty 
suggests the scaral^s of the pyramids and the Nile country. 
SCARAB LETTER WEIGHT— GRUEBY FAIENCE 
The Grueby shapes are simple. It is evident that a man of 
artistic tastes directs the form and decoration. The colors are 
somewhat limited, the best being the green, and brown; a blue 
GRUEBY VASE 
common to most of its imitators. Much of the relief work is 
done by young girls and boys under careful direction, putting 
on the lines of relief clay and modeling them with tools. 
Whatever the ceramic reputation of Grueby may be in 
coming years it must always have the credit of having set the 
standard of taste for quiet things and of having had a great 
educational effect upon the American public. 
GRUEBY VASES 
and yellow and some grey tones are also made, and in the 
tiling make a most harmonious and restful effect. The vases 
are thrown on the wheel, but the finishing is by hand 
and the completed piece has not that commercial finish so 
GRUBBY VASES 
HOME OP THE PEW ABIC POTTERY— MARY CHASE PERRY 
