rORCELAIX AND FAIENCE. 
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Thirty-two officers and ovei-seers, 1,475 workraen; 6 steam- 
engines, with 126 korse-power. Merit Medal awarded. 
C. Heckmann & Rappsilber, Königszelt, Schlesien, ex- 
hibited toilet-services, table-services, mosaics, etc. Estab- 
lished in 1864. Make a specialty of table, coffce, and toilet 
Services. Valne of the productions in 1872, 270,000 tha- 
lers; sold in Germany. Eour hundred workmen, 2 steam- 
engines, 32 horse-power. Diploma of Honor awarded. 
WAECHTERSBAbHER Steingutfabrik, Schlierbach, Hes 
sen-Kassau.—Coffce and tca Services. Established in 1834. 
Two hundred and twenty-eight workmen, 1 steam-engine, 
5 water-wheels. 
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Yilleroy & Boch, Mettlach, Wallerfangen, Septfontaines 
and Dresden. This establishment, well known from its pro 
ductions and as the kargest in existence, probably, for the 
production of fine faience, made an attractive display of its 
products in the rotunda. This display comprised dinner and 
dessert, coffee and tea Services, toilet wäre, vases and orna 
mental objects in faience and in terra-cotta, of superior 
quality and decoration. The terra-cotta plates, platters and 
tablets, were ornamented by incised designs, filled in with the 
same material as the base or groundwork, but of a darker 
color, as encaustic tiles are made. This, and the manu- 
facture of tiles by pressure from pulverized materials, con- 
stitute specialties of the establishment. 
The productions amount in value to 1,000,000 of thalers 
annually. In 1871, the total value was 1,170,000 thalers. 
Nearly the whole of Germany is supplied with faience from 
this establishment, and at such low prices that foreign man- 
ufactures caunot profitably compete for the trade. 
The works were started at Wallerfangen in 1789 ; at 
Mettlach in 1810; nt Septfontaine in 1767 ; and the tile 
works in 1868. There are 1,848 workmen, 36 officers, 7 
steam-engiues, 217 horse-power. Medals were awarded at 
London in 1851, and at Paris in 1855 and 1867. Thejury 
awarded the Merit Medal.