The pottery and porcelain of the United States; an historical review of American ceramic art from the earliest times to the present day (1893)
Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 77
the rain toflow off, with a knob or hook at the upper margin of theunder side for attachment. Mr. Jacob Swope, of Bird-in- POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Hand, was making tiles in 1820, and in Bucks County,Pa., they were manufactured, of finer clay and somewhatsmaller size, as late as 1850. In the German… … CHAPTER V. EARLY POTTING IN AMERICA. THE potters art was probably first practised in thiscountry by the earHer emigrants in Virginia. Numer-ous small potteries sprung up to supply the modestneeds of the simple-minded inhabitants, which furnishedcoarse earthenware utensils for culinary and other…
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