0  POTTERY AND PORCELAIN.

of producing true porcelain of a high order. One of the
New Orleans pieces, a pitcher of thin semi-transparent
body, was also made of white earthenware, glazed and
gilded, the latter of which is reproduced in Ill. I 25. It is
in the shape of a canteen, the mouth representing the head
o a Continental soldier.
The   raised  designs  are
Hesh-colored, on a solid gold
round.  The   three-cor-
!(red hat is black.  Mr.
scott Callowhill, an English
artist, was employed for a
while in modelling and paint-
ing, but left to accept a posi-
12s.\womi-wm~ in( H.   tion with the Providential
einoIxvJ, LIA.      Tile Works of Trenton.
At the beginning of the year 1891 a change was made
in the proprietorship, and a new company incorporated,
under the title of the Griffen China Company, for manu-
facturing fine translucent French china in plain white
table services.
In 1892 these works were permanently closed.
THE HAMPSHIRE POTTERY.
Some original work of a high character is now being
done at the Hampshire Pottery of Messrs. J. S. Taft &
Co., Keene, N. H. This pottery was started in 1871 for
the manufacture of red ware, and afterwards stoneware.
At a later date majolica was made quite extensively.

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