MARKS OF AMERICAN POTTERS.

oiv          as a sanitary ware plant. The earlier mark ol hotel porce-
'97J*       lain and heavY goods was a shield in two styles, large an(i
o: ,mall, plrintedi in          rIeen uniodCr the glaze. Later the initials
-  f the compan. (v). V., were substituted. For artistic wares
the mark consisted of the letters (). V. C. Co., arranged in
to square, with \\.  the initials of the State. in the centre.
This was printed isnally in red or brown above the glaze.
THE WAR \V I CK CHIN A      (     V)., WI[El, I NG. W. VA.
This compail was organized in 1887 for the nmanfacture
of semi-porcelain table and toilet goods. The first stamp to
be used was a helmet aid crossed swords, adopted about
1892, for marking novelties iii semi-porcelaii. From i8o93
to 1898. the "Warwick Semi-I orcelaii" mark was in Ise,
and from the latter (late until the preseit time the wa-re has
been stamped with the name "Warwick 1C hina."
w  CK      \14PW1C
OREAINHINA
SEMI PORCELAIN
T IF VA\NCl' l'AlFNXCF ()., WllEFLING, \W. VA.
The \ance Iaieiice Co., of WVheelin, \V. \a., and Tilton-
illc, ( )hio, -cenmmtly organized, manufactures a line of art
nence iii colored glazes and underglaze and overl-aze deco-
tions. The mark is stamped in the green ware with a steel
(lie.
Among other specialties this company is now reproducing
the  onid-handled hunting pitcher, modeled b  Greatbach
for the old Jersey City Pottery, from the original molds.