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GEUR(E E. (UR, IlILUXI, MISS.
The pottery of (corge E. ()hr, at Hiloxi, Miss., is one of
the most interesting in the [*nited States. In a single small         6 x
kiln, without assistance in the manifold labors iicidlent to the
preparation of the cla , the tlro(wingim of the pieces, the glaz-
ing and dring, Mr. (h Iir has developed an original ware which
has attracted the attention of the world of art. I is ware is
imade of the ordinar cla  found inl the vicinity, and is burned
at a low temperatire. tI'h  extreme thinness of the pieces
aindl the great variet\ of forms are their special characteristics.
\hile ini a plastic state thee are twisted, crushed, folded,
deited and crinkled into grttesque and  Icasionally  itic
shapes. hut the principal heaute of the ware consists ill the
richness of the glazes, which are woniderfutill varied, the
reds. greens and metallic ilistre effects beingi.- particularl
goo(d. IBeinig made for the most part eitiiely by haid, It no
two pieces art preci sel e alike. Thee range inl size from the
tin vase or Puzzle n1u to pieces as tall as a man. \i. Ohr     G. E. OHR,
hias been potting for necarly twentv vears, and( all of hits
methods and processes are entirely original.
The marks found oi the ware are the name of the potter
and the town, scratched ill the paste, or stamped with tYpe.
I1()L Hi , S. C.
The Stieirni Porcelain Co., otf Kaolin, S. C., manutfac-
tured I aian ad tie white chiina to a limited extent between
1856 anid 1862. Thee also made brown stoneware telegraph
iIsulators. The itnark oni the latter, and probably on other
wares, was an impressed shielld bearing the initials of the
et ilpalY s naim~e.