CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[I].The Clays and Tools3
[II].Hand-made Pottery15
[III].Working on the Wheel27
[IV].Methods of Decoration41
[V].The Glaze and How to Apply It55
[VI].Pottery for Beauty and Use67
[VII].How to Make a Plaster Mould91
[VIII].The Making of a Tile103
[IX].The Kiln113
[X].Basket-Covered Pottery125
[XI].Indian Pottery149
[XII].Modern American Pottery167

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Newcomb Pottery Jug]Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Building a Piece of Pottery]:
1. Making the First Coil. 2. Testing theOutline. 3. Continuing the Piece18
[Working on the Wheel]:
1. A pale-green bowl for flowers. 2. A cream-jug.3. A flower-jar with two handles. 4. A nasturtium bowl38
[Methods of Decoration]:
1. A large fruit-bowl. 2 and 3. Low dishesfor candy. 4. A lamp-bowl38
[Where Use and Beauty are Combined]68
[Pottery for Beauty and Use]:
1. Rose-bowl. 2. A low Dutch dish. 3. Fruit-bowl80
[How to Make a Plaster Mould]:
1. A plaster mould. 2. A rose-bowl80
[Pottery for Beauty and Use]:
1. Lamp-bowl. 2. Candlestick. 3. Wall-jarfor water-plants. 4. A flower candlestick80
[The Making of a Tile]108
[Basket-covered Pottery]126
[Indian Pottery]156
[Indian Pottery]162
[Teco Ware]172
[Some Pieces of Volkmar Pottery]176
[A Piece of Newcomb Pottery]178

LIST OF FIGURES

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