[Rarebooks] FS: Unusual 1883 American Faience "Clayoid" Brochure

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “American Faience. Objects Molded in Relief by the use of Clayoid,
(Process Patented April 24, 1883)”

By E.A. Lilley.
Washington, D.C.: c.1883-4.

DISCUSSION: A curious promotional brochure for a new product which
imitated “the appearance of the finest specimens of Limoges and Barbatine
Wares...as no firing is required, the article to be modeled and decorated
can be completed at home”. Clayoid could also be used to add decorations
to objects made of “pottery, china, wood, copper, bronze, satin and
plush”, and Ms. Lilley offered classes to interested students where she
would demonstrate using Clayoid to repair china and pottery, and teach
painting on it with oil and watercolors.

It is interesting to remember that at just about this time the activities
of Mary Louise McLaughlin and Maria Longworth Nichols Storer were exciting
the interest of bored upper class women in Cincinnati, at the
newly-founded Rookwood Art Pottery. “Clayoid” would seem to be an attempt
to cash in on the same burgeoning crafts market, without the necessity of
having your work fired in a kiln.

Two pages quote a number of reviews or stories about Clayoid, including
quotes from The Decorator and Furnisher, The Woman’s Journal, The Boston
Advertiser, The Boston Journal, The Boston Transcript, The Boston Herald,
The Boston Post, The Star, The Artist, and The Cape Cod Item.

DESCRIPTION: Brochure. 5”x8”, 1 sheet, folded.

CONDITION NOTES: Light soil and wear. Studio address crossed out in period
ink and corrected.

PRICE: $65. -

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