[Newspaper]
Publication: The Daily Free Press
Burlington, Vermont, United States
vol. 6, no. 117, p. 1, col. 5
We find the following in the N. Y. Times among the notices of article in the Crystal Palace:--
Vermont makes a very credible show in her different specimens of ware, which bid fair to rival the porcelain and Parian manufactories of Europe. The National Pottery Company, of Bennington, Vermont, have on exhibition porcelain, Parian, lava, and flint ware, made wholly from American productions. These various materials are shown in their crude state, and compare favorably with the best found. The articles on exhibition are arranged upon a tile floor, which covers a space of seven square feet, the tiles being inlaid with variegated colors, in imitation of mosaic. Upon this floor stands a monument ten feet high, the lower part of it composed of lava ware, or variegated stone, the middle of it composed of flint ware, and the upper portion of it, (being in a circle of columns) is made of variegated porcelain ware. Upon the summit of this monument stands a Parian statuette, equal, as regards fineness of material, to any Parian statuary in the exhibition. Around this monument are distributed tables, Corinthian capitals, statuary, vases, urns, toilet sets, and many specimens of domestic war, from Vermont materials. This company are about the enlarge their manufactory at Bennington; and when their contemplated improvements are completed, the company expect to be able to furnish porcelain and Parian equal to the French or English, and at a much lower price, from the cheapness of the materials and the superior facilities for its manufacture. These wares are new discovery in our country, which may ultimately result in being a source of much wealth. C. W. Fenton, who has devoted many years to the manufacture of earthern and stone ware, was the first to discover and manufacture these articles of Parian and porcelain. In 1849 he obtained his letters patent for the celebrated flint enameled ware, which has since found its way into almost every part of the world.
