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century from England, Ger-
many, and France. The
patterns, frequently in relief,
stand out in cream colour,
or at times in other tints,
against backgrounds of
green, blue, red, yellow, or
black, or are themselves
inscribed in intaglio in these
hues; while characteristic
of the ware is a flush of
red, staining, where desired,
the outlines and back-
ground. This, with the
stippled or mezzotint
grounding of the colours,
gives an original and un-
usually rich effect to the
tiles.

" columbus leaving spain " : by hy. c. MERCER

Mr. Mercer, in the pur- Moravian tile mosaic

suit of his studies in
the ethnology of the
locality of his pottery
at Doylestown, near
Philadelphia, had ac-
quired, among other
objects, a collection
of specimens of the
rather crude earthen-
ware made by the
German settlers in
Pennsylvania. Ex-
periments in treat-
ment of clays, colours „ „

moravian tile by hy. c mercer j ' . spinning flax by hy. c mercer

mosaic and glazes, visits to Moravian tile mosaic

the ancient potteries in
the Black Forest and to
Spain, Italy, and England
followed. The fruit of these
researches may be said to
be incorporated in the tile
mosaics of the Moravian
Potteries now much appre-
ciated by those who require
artistic subdued tints com-
bined with simple and
strong outlines of form. ■

The mosaics here illus-

chimney piece : Moravian tile mosaic by hy. c. mercer trated, made and set

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