THE PRESENT CENTUR Y                 115
at prices which insure successful competition with foreign
wares.
Daniel Freytag was making at No. 192 South Fifth
Street, Philadelpiaein  i I7FfT-nCrqtality of china-ware
than had yet been produced in the United States. It was
made of various colors, and was embellished with gold and

silver; and in 18I7 David G.
Seixas manufactured an imita-
tion of the Liverpool white
crockery from native Ameri-
can clays with great success,
continuing the business until
1822.
Porcelain was made in New
York City early in the cen-
tury, probably by Dr. Mead.
How long this factory was
in operation is not known, but
it is believed that a fine grade
of ware was made there from
American materials.  Ayae
fifteen inches in height, of soft
body and exceedingly white

4s.-PURCELAIN VASE, N EW YORK,
IS6.

glaze, is preserved in the Pennsylvania Museum. This
was "finished in New York in 1816," and is supposed
to have been made at that factory. The handles are
modelled in the semblance of female figures (Ill. 48). It
is entirely devoid of gilding or coloring, and is made in
two parts, held together by a7crew and nut, after the
French manner.