Ceramic art : a report on pottery, porcelain, tiles, terra-cotta and brick, with a table of marks and monograms, a notice of the distribution of materials for pottery, chronicle of events, etc, etc. (1875)
Blake, William P. (William Phipps), 1826-1910, Vienna International Exhibition (1873) · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 120
lU EXPOSITION AT VIENNA. maiuifacture of terra-cotta building ornaments, vases, ped- estals, statuary, etc. The market for the architectural pieces is very large, they being used in the erection of public and private buildings all over the West. They are sent as far south as Texas, west to Salt… … and it is too costly to transport it great distances. The terra-cotta ware being hollow and light, bears the cost of transportation to almost any required distance. Again, where stone is found it costs more to work it than to pay the cost and transportation of the terra-cotta. It has become, to a…
