Crockery & glass journal . (Bias* (Tati6elabrum anb itentreptecc. 35? Obe Enterprise Cut ©lass Co. 105. DAINTY BORDER PATTERNS AT VOGT & DOSE S. A Pottery Necessity. WITHOUT sponges of the very best grade no pot-ter would be able to turn out his work. E very-piece of potiery manufactured must be sponged offseveral times before it is finished. Many efforts havebeen made by expert potters and others to find a suit-able substitute for the sponge that would be efficientand would not spoil the ware. To be practical it mustalso be as cheap as or cheaper than a sponge. Ex-periments have been made wit
Crockery & glass journal . (Bias* (Tati6elabrum anb itentreptecc. 35? Obe Enterprise Cut ©lass Co. 105. DAINTY BORDER PATTERNS AT VOGT & DOSE S. A Pottery Necessity. WITHOUT sponges of the very best grade no pot-ter would be able to turn out his work. E very-piece of potiery manufactured must be sponged offseveral times before it is finished. Many efforts havebeen made by expert potters and others to find a suit-able substitute for the sponge that would be efficientand would not spoil the ware. To be practical it mustalso be as cheap as or cheaper than a sponge. Ex-periments have been made with many different thingswith this end in view, but all have proven nearest substitute was a sponge made of rubber,but when used it was found that it slurried theware. Another objection was the inability to workthe clay from it. Although considered as a plant by many persons,sponges, in their normal state, are really animals,and are found in water in every part of the globe,but only in quantity in suitable locations. Theycan only live and flourish where they are supplied bymicroscopi
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