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N. J., but this connection only lasted about a year. Great-
bach went to Peoria, Ill., where lIr. George \olfe, who
is still connected with the Peoria Pottery Co., found him
in 1861. Shortly afterwards Greatbach moved to Trenton.
As a manufacturer he was unfortunate, but as a modeller
he was remarkably successful. His designs were meritori-
ous and possessed an individuality of their own by which
they may generally be recognized. He originated the
hound-handled jugs and hunting pitchers which were so
common in this country between 1840 and i86o, and the
majority of those found to-day may, with a reasonable de-
gree of certainty, be attributed to him. 1\Ir. James Carr,
his former partner, possesses a jug with grape-vine handle
and decorations which was made at South Amboy in 1852.
The same pattern, or a modification of it, was subse-
quently produced at the Bennington establishment, with
which Greatbach was for a time connected, and it is said
that the moulds were taken to Burlington, Vt., by some
of the workmen of the Bennington pottery, after the clos-
ing of the latter, and used there.
Mr. Greatbach is described, by some of the older pot-
ters who are still living and who at one time were asso-
ciated with him, as of courteous manner and gentlemanly
deportment, large and handsome in appearance, always
going to the factory well dressed and wearing a silk hat.
Before beginning his work he was accustomed to dlon a
white duck suit. Although a man of refinement and
education, possessing marked talent and ability, he died
in poverty at Trenton, after a varied career. In his de-
clining years he was visited by a former co-worker, who