A visit to the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, PA.
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| Moravian Pottery and Tile Works (1911-1912, by Henry Chapman Mercer in Spanish Mission style using poured concrete like his home and museum) |
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| Examples of decorative tiles designed by Mercer, the leading artistic tile maker in the American Arts and Crafts Movement |
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| Tiles of the Zodiac |
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| Heating for the kiln |
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| Harry Cheeseman Moucer is a mouse version of Henry Chapman Mercer |
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| Moravian star, although there is no connection to Moravia |
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| View of fireplace from the second level |
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| Some of Mercer's collection of pre-industrial tools and household objects |
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| Tile-decorated fireplace mantel |
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| Mixer for the "wild" Bucks County clay that is squeezed first through mesh to remove foreign objects and then through the rectangular hole to create a slab of clay |
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| The slab is then cut with wires to create blocks |
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| Plastic-wrapped blocks are then lowered to the basement for storage |
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| Creating a mosaic tile |
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| Quarry tile are squares to be used in flooring |
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| Samples of creating two-colored tiles |
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| Very large molds |
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| Mosaic tile puzzle for visitors to try |
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| Courtyard |
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| Mini clay decorative pieces |
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| Tiles for sale in the shop |
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| Larger decorative tile |
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| Relief decorative tile |
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| Tile "doormat" at the entrance with the tile works logo of a dragon |
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