THE EIGHTELV ENTH CENTUR I.

The following inscription is found both on a sgraffiato
dish, dated   83 I, and a spherical jar or flower-pot with
floral designs, from the Scholl pottery:
" Alles verfreszen und versoffen vor Meinem end
Alacht ein richdig Testament "
" 1]1>ervthing Consumed in gluttony and drinking before my end, makes
a correct testamnent."

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From the old pottery of Benjamin Bergey, which was
also situate(l in M\ontgomery County, the author has a pie-
dish, thirteen inches in diameter, containing the figure of
a bird, apparently a pigeon, standing on a branch, in the
attitude of plucking its breast.   Entirely  around the
border extends a curved spray of coarse flowers. This
effective piece is decorated with yellow slip, but the design
is not raised, as in the other examples figured, but beaten

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