DEVELOPMENT OF THE CERAMIC ART. 337
in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution at Wash-
ington. In addition to the monogram of the company,
which has been used as a factory mark, the impressed
figure of an Indian's head has been adopted for use on such
pieces as are distinctively American in shape.
The colors used are mixed with clays to heighten or
soften the lights, and applied in colored slips to the green
body, over the tinted and blended grounds of refined
tones of reds, warm browns, yellows, and neutral grays.
After the first firing the ware is covered with a brilliant
tinted glaze. Foreign clays are used almost exclusively
in the body, which is more or less vitreous and of a yel-
lowish color. The product is ornamental rather than
utilitarian, consisting mainly of vases, jardin/2res, and
small articles for household use. The shapes are simple
and graceful in outline, and the decorations are the work
of competent artists, among whom is Miss Laura A. Fry,
formerly of Cincinnati.
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