ORNAMENTAL TILES

and doral studies. His " plastic sketches," on a larger
scale, are particularly meritorious, some of the most
pleasing being a group of sheep in a pasture, a drove of
swine entitled " Late for Dinner," a herd of cattle wending
their way homeward (Ill. 177), and " The Old Windmill."
These are made of plastic clay, called the " wet-clay " pro-
cess, and vary in size to upwards of eighteen inches in
length. A beautiful conceit is the  Fleeting Moments,"
No. 179.-PANEL FOR SODA FOUNTAIN.
in which three cupids hover around an hour-glass, one
being depicted in the act of winging his way upwards.
In the high-relief tiles the undercutting is done by hand
after the designs have been stamped in the press.
The Low Art Tile Co. also manufacture mantel-
facings, panels, stove-tiles, calendar tiles, clothes hooks,
paper-weights, inkstands, clock cases, candlesticks, bon-
bon boxes, and at one time made to some extent ewers

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