10. Letters From Users
It is with pride that we refer to some of the artist-potters as well as to professional manufacturing potteries.
Providence, R. I.
H. J. Caulkins & Co.,
Dear Sirs - Wc have used your Revelation Kiln for nearly two years. It has done for us all that you claimed, and wc are pleased to give the kiln words of high praise.
Yours very truly,
Geo, F. Weston, Principal,
Providence Technical High School.
New York City
I thought you might be interested to know of the success of the Revelation Pottery Kiln which was purchased from you by Teachers' College, N. Y.
All the work done in the clay modelling class, including pottery, architectural tiles and ornaments, figurings, etc., was fired in this kiln With slow firing we produced excellent quality and texture in our Matt glazes, the results being not only most satisfactory to myself, but to the head of our Fine Arts Department, Prof. Dow.
At the Teachers' College exhibition last spring much enthusiasm was expressed over the results of our firing. I feel that you have produced a pottery kiln, which has placed pottery making within the possibilities of school study.
Very truly yours,
Marshal T. Fry
Newburyport, Mass.
I have had in daily use one of your No. 7 Revelation Kilns, which has given good satisfaction.
I have used it for special work in biscuit, glost and decoration, and it has had very hard usage and is still doing good work.
The repairs and renewals have been nominal.
Very truly,
T. S. Nickerson.
The following is an extract from a letter written by Taxile Doat of the Sevres pottery, France, written to Mrs. Robineau, of Syracuse, N. Y.:
"I wish to compliment you in regard to your crystals. I do not know of any finer and obtained with this regularity and persistency. I certainly obtain some with the same fine needles and the same glossy finish, but not regularly. It depends on their place in the kiln. With my placing there is a bung of saggers at the back which never gets in direct contact with the flame, and from the upper third of that bung I always get my finest crystals. This confirms the theory of the Caulkins kiln and its perfect oxidizing action on account of the. muffle principle. At Sevres the crystals are very uneven in results. The magnificent specimens you saw at St. Louis were selected out of 300 or 400 pieces, and were besides fired two or three times."
Charleston, S. C.
It gives me pleasure to attest m tion in the use of your furnace.
In all pyrometric tests up to 2,500° F. I have used your furnace with entirely satisfactory results in connection with my official work on the "Clays of South Carolina." The temperature is subject to prompt control, and with the aid of Seger Cones the action of clays, with and without glazes, at successive temperatures can be readily determined within the limit above indicated.
For cupellation, incident to assay determinations, your "Dental" furnace is unsurpassed by any of the many which I have used.
I must urge one qualification: Anyone attempting to make use of your furnace for high temperatures without a strong draught is doomed to disappointment.
Very respectfully,
Earle Sloan, State Geologist.
Syracuse
I am pleased to state that your kiln has given us very satisfactory results in our work on porcelain at high temperatures. It is specially well adapted for the oxidizing atmosphere, and we are obtaining very line crystalline glazes with a regularity which would be impossible were the ware enclosed in saggers, as it is in an ordinary kiln. A firing to cone 9 lasts from 11 to 14 hours and the amount of fuel used varies from 75 to 90 gallons. It is consequently cheaper and much more rapid than a wood firing, the only other kind of firing which could give good results in our work.
THE ROBIKEAU POTTERY,
S. ROBINEAU.
Zanesville, Ohio
Your Revelation Kiln is all that you represented, and all that we expected; if we had use for a number of small kilns you would get the order for all of them.
Yours most truly,
THE J. B. OWENS POTTERY COMPANY,
Per J. B. Owens.
2558 Eden Ave., Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati
The great, especial advantage of the kiln is the avoidance of the necessity for using seggars and the accompanying annoyances connected with wad-clay for sealing them.
If only because the use of seggars and wad clay may be avoided, the Revelation kilns would prove the superiority of this method of firing. There are other advantages, however, in the greater ease with which the fire can be controlled, the possibility of firing without annoyance from the smoke of combustion, the much more conveniently managed fuel, and the greatly shortened time.
Yours very truly,
M. Louise McLaughlin.
Moylan, Pa
I have been using one of your Pottery Kilns for about a year and have had much more uniform results from it than I could obtain in any other kiln I have tried. The heat is so absolutely under control that results can be obtained impossible*' under other conditions. The greater cleanliness and absence of heavy manual labor are also important tors. Yours faithfully,
W. P. Jervis.
Hull-House, 335 South Halsted Stueet, Chicago
We have used your Revelation Kiln for some years. We have found it thoroughly satisfactory and are glad to recommend it.
Very truly yours,
Jane Addams,
President Hull-House.
Findlay, Ohio
We can say with pleasure that the two Revelation Kilns bought from you have been very satisfactory, and have given the best results we have secured on our wares.
Yours truly.
The Bell Potters Co.
Greeley, Colo
It is with pleasure that I give you my testimonial on your Revelation Kiln, which we use in our Art Department. We fire all our clay productions and glaze and fire the bisque also to perfection, attaining all results that could be desired and expected. We find over 500 fine pieces at the end of one month's clay modeling.
Truly yours,
R. Ernesti,
Director Art Department, State Normal School.
East Liverpool, Ohio
Gentlemen- It gives us pleasure to say that your Revelation kiln, that we have had in use about a year, is giving us very satisfactory results. We use it every day and can finish the burning in about three hours on an average.
We till the Kiln with all kinds of dinner and toilet ware the Kiln being large enough to admit the largest piece we make We are pleased to recommend it as a practical Kiln
Yours truly,
The Goodwin Pottery Co..
G. S. Goodwin, Prest.
926 2D Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn
The large Kiln owned by the Handicraft Guild has proved very satisfactory. It has been fired quite frequently since the first of last June, and is wearing well. From fifty to seventy-five good-sized pieces of pottery may be fired at once. The results are sure and the Kiln easy to handle. We use Red Wing clay. Once the cone melted in five hours, but usuallv it takes from seven to eight.
Very sincerely,
M. Emma Roberts,
Secretary Handicraft Guild
Trenton, N. J.
We have yours of the 25th asking if the Revelation Kiln which you sent us is giving satisfaction. We beg to state that this kiln is giving entire satisfaction, and we find it very convenient in the matter of making trials and for the purpose of getting through matchings.
Yours truly,
Thomas Maddocks Sons Co.
East Liverpool, Ohio
We would state that we have one of your No. 3 Revelation Kilns, also your Miniature Kiln, Both of these have given us the best of satisfaction in every respect, and we can highly recommend the same both for even tiring and economy.
Very respectfully,
The Croxall Chemical & Supply Co.,
J. T. Croxall, President.
Trenton, N. J.
We have been operating the large Revelation Kiln, which you built especially for us, almost constantly for about one year in firing our best grades of decoration. We are pleased to say that the kiln has given us the most satisfactory results and we are contemplating placing an order with you for another kiln of the same kind.
Yours very truly,
The Ceramic Art Co.,
Walter S. Lenox, President.
Syracuse, N. Y.
We are much pleased with the Revelation Kiln recently shipped to us, and find it very useful for test purposes.
Very truly yours,
Onondaga Pottery Co.,
James Pass, Genl. Mgr
St. Louis Museum uf Fixe Arts
As to my Pottery Kiln, it gives me very great satisfaction. I usually fire to cone 2, though I can go to cone 4 readily for any special effects I want. It is a great thing when a woman does everything about the firing herself, as there are no heavy saggars to lift. I am getting along very well with my glazing, and have developed a matt glaze that I hope will give us some very nice results.
Always sincerely,
Henrjetta O. Jones.
113 University Place, New York
We have used the Revelation B dn No. 2 in experimenting with glazes requiring a low temperature. Our problem has been to bring the firing of pottery within public school conditions, and we have found this kiln the one adapted to meet limitations of the school room. Its comparative low cost, the ease with which it may be run, the short time required for firing, the possibility of setting it up in am room having a chimney with a good draught, the fact that. with ordinary precaution, there is no danger from fire, all combine to make this Kiln practical for school purposes.
The only point of regret is that the size of the Kiln permits the firing of only a few glazed pieces at one time.
Hugo Froehligh,
Prang Educational Co.
Chicago, Ill.
Your kiln has been in constant use in the University of Chicago for a number of years, is entirely successful and is still in perfect condition. It requires only, as do all kilns, an occasional relining. It seems to me to be especially well adapted to school use, because of the fact that it is so simple in construction.
Antoinette B. Hollisten,
Nancy Foster Hall, The University of Chicago.
Santa Barbara, Cal.
We have used the Caulkins' Revelation Pottery Kiln for several years, and find it most satisfactory.
Ednah A. Rich,
Supervisor of Manual Training,
Anna S. Blake Memorial Manual Training School.
Terre Haute, Indd
The Revelation Pottery Kiln you sold the Indiana State Normal School six years ago has given entire satisfaction. I know of no other make of kiln I would exchange for our Revelation Kiln. It is easy to fire and gives uniform results.
M. L. Laubach,
Dept. of Manual Training and Domestic Science,
Indiana State Normal School
New Orleans, La.
The Revelation Kiln has been in use in the Isidore Newman Manual Training School during the last five years. We have secured excellent results in our department of pottery. We believe it is a first-class kiln at a minimum cost.
Clarence C. Henson,
Principal,
Isidore Newman Manual Training School.
Montclair, N. J.
Your Revelation Kiln No. 3291, which we have had in constant use here in the Public Schools for six years, has been mosl satisfactory. So far as I know there is no other portable kiln on the market which will give anything like the same results, I have reason to be more than pleased with the Revelation in every way.
Cheshire Lowton Boone.
Director Department of Art and Handwook,
Public Schools
Montclair. N. J.
Marblehead, Mass.
From its beginning, Marblehead Pottery has been a product of Revelation Kilns. Our experience has led us to believe that these kilns offer the most satisfactory solution of the firing problem in small plants, manufacturing expensive ware. The comparatively high value of single pieces demands that loss from improper firing be reduced to a minimum. This is made possible by the Revelation Kiln, through the ease with which the fire may be controlled and the degree of uniformity which may be maintained throughout the muffle.
The Revelation Pottery Kiln has given us excellent results, and we take pleasure in commending it.
The Marblehead Potteries.