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is still around today. The company continues produce artisan products. The assets of the company include master molds, secret glaze formulas, notes, and the
Rookwood trademark which were purchased and the company was revived by Dr. Art Townley. Dr. Townley and other investors have kept the company in
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One of the first pieces made was the
Aladdin Vase, a large vase whose dragon and catfish motifs were inspired by Japanese art. The dragon is modeled in low relief crawling around the neck of the vase, with one of its claws hooked into the vase's opening. Nichols made the vase in 1882 in response to
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an earlier piece by her rival McLaughlin, the Ali Baba Vase, which was then the largest underglaze-decorated vase in
America. Although not as tall as the Ali Baba Vase, the Aladdin Vase is wider, a technically more difficult feat.
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Roosevelt backed such sentiments. These events led to the removal of Bellamy as minister, the news of which was rather scandalous at the time. Ironically, Maria's nephew,
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The following year McKinley arranged for a visit with the Pope and authorized the couple to mention John
Ireland for consideration. In 1902, when Roosevelt was president, he made Bellamy minister to
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Cincinnati Industrial Exposition for some of her works. In 1885 George Nichols died, and by March of the following year she was remarried to a
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Episcopalian family in the city of that time. Due to her comfortable upbringing, she was immersed in the fine arts at a young age and picked up hobbies like playing
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Cincinnati. Nichols was also having pieces of pottery created to her specifications locally, then painting them decoratively. The following year, Nichols founded the now famous
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Drawing and Design, later the Art Academy of Cincinnati, that following year. She began classes in china-painting from instructor,
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