The large fruit-bowl on the left has an incised design of orange leaves near the rim. Beside it is a low dish for candy, with a built-up decoration of rings. A design of maple leaves is incised on the other small dish, and the lamp bowl at the right of the plate has a pierced decoration.
The jar is finished with a handle on each side. Roll out two strips of clay five and a half inches long; flatten them, and trim the edges. Now mark a place on each side of the top of the jar, so that a line drawn from one to the other would exactly divide the top. Make two other marks in the same way at the bottom, directly under those at the top. These are for guides in attaching the handles. Starting at the top, below one of the marks, criss-cross lines with the steel tool for an inch down the side of the jar. Do this on the other side of the jar, and then, starting an inch above the mark on either side of the bottom, cut criss-cross lines for an inch up the side of the jar. Now take one of the clay strips, brush the upper criss-crossed lines on one side of the jar with slip, and press the end of the strip upon it, working the edges close against the side of the jar with the flat of the nail. The other end of the strip is cut in a long point to fit the form of the jar, and bent into the shape shown in the plate. Wet the criss-crossed lines below it with slip, and attach this end in the same way as the first. The other handle is put on in the same manner.
A mat-glaze of gray green (see Chapter V.) will complete the piece.