RERAMIC STUDIO 
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SABINA WELLS 
NEWCOMB COLLEGE POTTERY 
MARIE Le BLANC 
NEWCOMB POTTERY 
HENRIETTA BAILEY 
PERKINS POTTERY 
The work of Mrs. Perkins and her daughter Lucy F. 
Perkins was well represented bj^ their hand-built and modeled 
pottery with its black or brownish polished surface. We 
regret not to have an illustration of this interesting work, nor 
of the work of Caroline Rimmer who exhibited a modeled terra 
cotta vase with sculptured figiu'es. Miss Perkins received a 
bronze medal. 
MERCER POTTERY 
One of the most interesting exhibits in the Crafts depart- 
ment of the Fine Arts building was the work of Mr. Henry C. 
Mercer, of Doylestown, Pa., to whom a Grand Prize was award- 
ed, one of the few awards that appears to have been given for 
unusual merit. We much regret that we were unable to ob- 
tain photographs of this work which consisted of many cases 
of set tiles showing various designs, colors and arrangements for 
floor, wall and fire place uses. The body is of coarse pottery, 
the glaze and colors of a rather crude majolica effect or of a 
brick finish but just suited to the quaint mediaeval designs 
rudely carved and irregular in effect.. We can conceive of 
nothing more interesting for a big open fire place or nothing 
more comfortable to live with. Mr. Mercer exhibited beside 
some mugs, sconces and boxes, but the tiles were by far the 
most wortlw of note. 
DEDHAM WARE 
Hugh Robertson, of Dedham, Mass., showed in the Art 
Palace a loan collection of about ninety pieces of his 
flambe vases and Dedham crackled plates in blue and white. 
For this collection he received a grand prize, which seems to be 
given more for number than artistic merit, for while interesting 
in a way, the vases are not to be considered as beautiful or 
works of art, although the Dedham plates have beyond a 
doubt rare value in color and design. 
MERRIMAC POTTERY^ 
The Merrimac pottery was represented by a large number 
of pieces in mat greens, black, yellow, blue and grey, beside the 
red terra cottas after Arrehetian models— which were pressed 
in the ancient moulds in the possession of the Boston Museum. 
Mr. Nickerson received a silver medal at vSt. Louis. 
POILLION POTTERY 
The Poillion Pottery was represented in the Art Palace bj^ 
a vase by Joseph Insco and a jardiniere by T. LI. Pond— odd 
effects never repeated, freaks of the kiln as they are called. 
ALFRED SCHOOL OF CLAY WORKING 
The Alfred School was largely represented, both by the 
work of Professor Charles Binns and that of several of the 
pupils of the school — for this exhibit Professor Binns received 
a silver medal at St. Louis. The glazes were among the most 
interesting shown, both the simple mat and the craquel^ or 
aUigator skin effect being represented. The colors and textures 
were very interesting and varied and the shapes were simple 
and good. The ware is a potterj^ body fired at cone I. 
Among the pupils represented in the Fine Arts building were 
Arthur Baggs, Bessie Burdick, Sabella Randolph and Fred 
Walrath who received a bronze medal. 
ALFRED SCHOOL POTTERY 
