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a German, established a pottery in New York City about 1735. His
works were situated at Potter's Hill, near the old City Hall. On a
map showing the plan of New York City in 1742, the pottery of Remmey
& Crolius is marked. At a later date, John Remmey having died in
1762, the second partner, or possibly his son, appears to have carried
on the business alone, as is indicated by a stoneware jug eleven inches
in height, with two loop handles and a spout. The ware is of a rich
brown colour, with stamped and cobalt blue decorations. On the
back is the inscription:-
New York, Feby 17th 1798
Flowered by
Mr. Clarkson Crolius.
Around the spout is a conventional design of leaves and flowers in
blue, while similar embellishments adorn the body above the inscrip-
tion (see No. 41). This pottery continued in operation until about 1820.
Late in the eighteenth, or early in the nineteenth, century Paul
Cushman began the manufacture of salt glazed stoneware near Albany,
N. Y.    Numerous examples of his work have survived, several of
them bearing the date 1809. The body is of a brownish tint and
the decorations, which are usually scanty, are in cobalt blue. In
many instances the name of the maker is scratched on the sides of
jars, and occasionally inscriptions are found (see No. 39)-
Other stoneware potteries were in operation in the United States
previous to the nineteenth century. At Norwalk, Ct., salt glazed
ware was being produced in 1780. At Morgantown, W. Va., and
Huntington, N. Y., gray stoneware with blue decorations was made
about i8oo. John and William Norton, at Bennington, Vt., were
turning out stoneware about the same time, while at Norwich, Ct.,
similar ware was manufactured a few years earlier.  At Utica, N. Y.,
a pale grayish stoneware has been made, in decorated utilitarian forms
since about 1820.
The Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures
and the Useful Arts published the following advertisement in the New
Jersey Journal at Elizabethtown, in its issue of January 25, 1792:-
"i. To such person as shall exhibit the best specimen of Earthen-
ware or Pottery, approaching nearest to Queensware, or the Nottingham
or Delf ware, of the marketable value of fifty dollars-a plate of the
value of fifty dollars, or an equivalent in money.