DE VELOPME NT SINCE iS93.             485
body, with white slip designs of birds and flowers, closely
resembling in coloring and general appearance the moulded

" Jasper " ware of
the Wedgwood
Works at Etruria,
England.
Soon after the
close of the Chi-
cago  Exhibition,
the firm of Ott &
Brewer was dis-
solved, and  the
Cook Pottery Co.,

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253.- PATE- R-P I I TRAV,  E I MA POTTERY,
TRENTON. PAINTED BY MR. 11ARRY SAANIDRS.

of which Mr. Charles H. Cook is president, was organ-
ized on February 14, 1894, to manufacture white granite
and cream-colored wares.  The
recent demand for so-called Delft
ware and blue effects in china
stimulated some of the American
potters to join the ranks of foreign
manufacturers who were compet-
ing for public favor. The Cook
Pottery Co. began making Delft
in 1897 and produced some of the
best decorations which have ap-
254   E Dvi VT" VASE, peared in this country, after the
COOK P'OTTEKRY CO. PAINTED style of the 01(1 blue Delft ware
BY MR. P. PAUL GASPER.
of Holland. The original has not
only been closely simulated in the appearance of the body
itself, and the opaque, bluish-white tone of the glaze,