[Trade Journal] Publication: The Book of Knowledge or Interesting Facts Boston, MA, United States |
FLINT ENAMEL WARE.
AN excellent kind of stone ware is made at Bennington, Vermont, from flint, feldspar and quartz ground fine, pressed through a fine seive, and afterwards made into a paste, and molded into the desired form. An enamel of pure flint is added in baking, which is tinged with various delicate colors. The ware is exceedingly hard and tough, and it is as cheap as common crockery. Without the enamel, it is white, and very closely resembles that kind of composition from which statues have lately been made in France. The inventors name is Fenton, who has lately taken out a patent. The durability of this ware, not being easily broken, its elegance, and the nature of its ingredients, which makes it perfectly wholesome, for any use to which it may be put in the kitchen and pantry, are qualities which will probably soon introduce it into very general use. — N. Y. Eve. Post. |
Keywords: | Bennington Pottery |
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Supplemental information: | Patents: 393; 6,907 |
Researcher: | Elton Gish |
Date completed: | October 4, 2008 by: Elton Gish; |