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Crockery & glass journal (1875)

New York : G. Whittemore & Co. · leaf 489

An illustration from Crockery & glass journal, 1875, leaf 489
t A special man makes cups, another saucers, asticker-up puts handles on cups and covered dishes.Each is a special trade and each tradesman is anexpert in his line. A man can turn as many as 2,000dozen saucers in a week. But 1,800 dozen pieces aweek of general shapes is a good record. In the caseof… … Pressing to be made by band, pressed to the mold and trimmeddown. It is about all a man can do to turn out fourdozen of these a day. The man who makes bakerscan turn out six dozen in an tour. Then there are those gravy boats, with a footaround the bottom. These are actually made inpieces, which are…

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