578      POTTERY AND PORCELALV
ish influence, is made by Indian potters.  The wares are
of great variety and usually possess well-marked character-
istics by which their origin may be readily recognized. At
Guadalajara a soft ware of grayish, or pale putty color,
covered with a dull gloss, produced by polishing, is manu-
factured extensively. The decorations are often exceed-
ingly elaborate, being painted in various colors, silver, and
gilt. Sometimes a black clay is used, instead of the white,
with ornamentation in gold and silver. Common red pot-
tery with a soft transparent glaze is produced at Oaxaca.
This ware is generally thin in body and usually decorated
with rude black, or brown, and white designs. There is
also being made at this place a variety of red earthenware
coated with a white slip, with colored designs, which is
covered with a transparent lead glaze, producing the effect
of tin enamel, somewhat resembling in external appearance
the modern stanniferous pottery made at Puebla. A third
variety is glazed in solid dark green, and frequently bears
designs in low relief.  At Guanajuato is produced a
variety of red pottery coated with a white slip and bearing
sgraffito decorations. At San Felipe, in the same State,
a thin, brittle pottery is made which is covered with a
beautiful golden-green iridescent glaze, with moulded and
stamped decorations. At Cuernavaca a red ware is fab-
ricated, with a polished surface, and patterns inlaid with
small broken bits of white porcelain. A peculiar style of
common red or yellowish unglazed pottery is produced in
one district, modelled in the semblance of trunks of trees,
the bark being represented by a rough, striated surface.
Rudely fashioned figures of men, women, and animals, in