POTTERY AND PORCELAIN

from England Mr. James Taylor, superintendent of the
well known works which were established by Mr. J. 11.
Blashfield in 1858. By the introduction of the English
methods, the Chicago establishment soon turned out better
work than had been produced before in the United
States.
The Southern Terra-Cotta Works of Messrs. P. Pelle.
grini and Z. Castleberry were established in Atlanta,
Georgia, in 1871, for the manufacture of architectural and
horticultural terra-cotta. Their red and buff garden vases
and statuary are justly noted for excellence of design,
and their architectural work, for exterior and interior
decoration, is of a superior character. Some of their
terra-cotta mantels, supported by female figures, and their
fire-place and chimney panels are especially meritorious.
The Perth Amboy Terra-Cotta Company, of Perth
Amboy, N. J., was incorporated in 1879, and at once em-
barked in the manufacture of large designs for architec-
tural purposes, from clay obtained in the neighborhood.
The plant of this company has expanded so rapidly that
at present it includes twenty-two kilns, some of them
measuring forty-eight and one third feet in height by
twenty-four and one sixth in diameter, which are among
the largest of the kind on this continent, if not in the
world.
This company has in its employ a number of eminent
artists in this particular line, and has furnished terra-cotta
details for many prominent buildings throughout the
country. Of these may be mentioned the Ponce de Leon
Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida; Biological Laboratory,

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