OLD POTTERY WHEEL RECALLS DISAPPEARING ANCIENT ART
Dan Mercer Who Uses Instrument Learned Trade From Uncle In Greensborough, Pa.
A “potter wheel” used in San Francisco to make pottery-ware for the ’49 gold rush is in Dan E. Mercer’s workshop at the Porcelain plant on the South Side. Mr. Mercer, in his spare time, makes pottery by hand, with the aid of this ancient wheel…