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Crockery & glass journal (1875)

New York : G. Whittemore & Co. · leaf 488

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ame thickness all over. If he didnt do it just right,said the guide, hed break the bat. This man iscalled the batter-out—another potters term. The flattened piece,[now looking very like arolled-out slab of pastry, is taken quickly and with apeculiar twist and some force is laid upon the mold… … KILN-PLACING. shrink a tenth of an inch He has to make the pro-portions pleasing and practical. Then the moldmakertakes it in hand; and here is another expert. Thesemolds are made from the model in plaster of paris, asmany as will be required. There are molds whoseoutside surface shapes the vessel…

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