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POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.

Hand, was making tiles in 1820, and in Bucks County,
Pa., they were manufactured, of finer clay and somewhat
smaller size, as late as 1850. In the German settlements
of Pennsylvania, tiles from the old buildings are still in
demand for lining baking-ovens, as they are considered
superior for this purpose to fire-bricks, on account of
their thorough burning.