RERAMIC STUDIO 
ISJ 
EGYPTIAN POTTERY 6,800 YEARS OLD 
BY the discovery recently of the tombs of the first Phar- 
aohs, by English explorers, a number of jars in pottery 
have been brought to light, and are exhibited in London. In 
describing the pottery, which is the oldest extant, the London 
Globe states : 
"The beautiful hand made bowls, with a red hsematite 
glaze and a broad black band, produced by extra firing, will 
be admired by all. The great jars, used to contain provisions 
(and in some of them strings of sycamore figs were found, the 
oldest fruit in the woild), appear to have been built up like 
the pottery made by the Kabyle of the present day. Already 
these people had learned the art of glazing ; and there are 
several fragments of the blue and violet glaze exhibited. Many 
of the examples are decorated with patterns taken from bas- 
ket ware, and one vase is decorated with a cord network in re- 
lief that being no doubt the manner of carrying large vases. 
In this case is, perhaps, the oldest known example of cursive 
writing — a small piece of pottery on which is scratched a 
workman's account, dated from about B. C. 4600." 
DESIGN FOR PALM JAR-CHARLES BABCOCK 
IN order to set off the plant to its best advantage, it is desir- 
able to execute this design in a rather monochromatic effect, 
using various shades of green, or brown, or blue, though if de- 
sired to make a bright spot in a room, the Persian colors can be 
used flat with gold outlines: dull blue, red, green, violet and yel- 
low, all on the neutral tone are most suitable for such treatment. 
