Show CHINA DOG FIGURE AGAIN IS POPULAR Pottery Novelty Returning to Favor J The Tho china dog which gr graced ced th the mantelpiece mall mall- man nalL- of a past generation is enjoying a regular reS' reS lar renaissance Not only the china dog but the china cat a and d the rooster and other well known examples 0 p thirds bIrds and beasts These china figures realistically realistically realis realis- co colored ored are now being turned out outI by British potteries in great numbers I Novelty pottery of this nature which is being produced by large concerns as asa asa asa a side line as well wen as by small local concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns is gaining rapidly In popular favor according to a trade report Besides the animals and birds there are re other lines mostly humorously distorted models But the figures of animals and birds brought out in practically natural colorings are the most popular They are described as ornaments of no mean description being excellently executed and colored Enthusiasts are said to be collecting these pottery figures which gain their value as articles for collections from the fact that usually a model is discarded after having been turned out for only a avery avery avery very limited time by the pottery which produced it Excepting for the tile and sanitary ware sections the pottery industry in Great Great Britain Britain reports the productive end rather featureless opportunity being taken to overhaul and renovate plants It Is considered probable that in future this industry will experience the normal rise and fall with the seasons in the manner which was usual before the war |