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CHAP. II. 1. Processes of Chinese. 2. Their materials. 3. 

 Petungse and kaolin. 4. Kneading and throwing. 5. Ovens. 

 6. Majolica in Spain. 7. Italian Lucca della Robbia. 8. 

 Altar-screen by him. 9. Process of fabrication. 10. Produc- 

 tions of Italian potters. 11. Royal presents. 12. Decline of 

 the art in Italy. 13. Pottery in France Bernard de Palissy. 

 14. His character, persecution, and death. 15. Palissy and 

 Henry III. in the Bastille. 16. Style of his productions. 17. 

 La belle Jardiniere. 18. Origin of the Staffordshire potteries. 

 19. Discovery of salt glaze. 20. Messrs. Elers. 21. Astbury 

 discovers the use of flints. 22. Origin and character of Josiah 

 Wedgwood; 129 



CHAP. III. 1. Improvements effected by Wedgwood. 2. General 

 commercial advantages attending the manufacture. 3. History 

 of Chinese porcelain. 4. Its first importation into Europe. 

 5. Great plasticity of the material. 6. Perfection of its forms. 

 7. Pagoda of Nankin. 8. Forms of vases. 9. Figure called 

 ' ' pou-sa." 10. Discovery of the material of porcelain in Europe. 

 11. Origin and history of Bottger. 12. His labours in Saxony. 

 13. Anecdotes of his imprisonment. 14. Is established at 

 Dresden. 15. First results of his labours. 16. White earth of 

 Schnorr. 17. Discovery of Saxon kaolin. 18. Establishment of 

 the royal manufactory at Meissen. 19. Curious precautions to 

 ensure secresy. 20. Anecdote of Brongniart. 21. Death of 

 Bottger. 22. Analysis of the Dresden paste. 23. Style of the 

 Dresden porcelain. 24. Grotesque figures. 25. Secrets trans- 

 pire. 26. Ringler at Hochst. 27. Paul Becker. 28. Es- 

 tablishment of the Royal Bavarian manufactory. 29. In other 

 German states. 30. Invention of the Sevres pate tendre. 31. 

 Its defects 145 



CHAP. IV. 1. Meaning of the epithet "tender" as applied to por- 

 celain. 2. Qualities and value of this porcelain. 3. Art of 

 making it not lost. 4. Origin of the Sevres manufactory. 5. 

 Efforts to discover kaolin Paul Hannong. 6. Kaolin of Limoges 

 discovered. 7. Anecdote of Madame Darnet. 8. English 

 porcelain at Bow, Derby, and Worcester. 9. Cornish china clay. 

 10. Properties of true porcelain. 11. Stoneware. 12. Cause 

 of translucency. 13 Hard and tender porcelain distinguished. 

 14. English tender porcelain. 15. Mode of preparing the clay. 

 16. Statuary porcelain. 17. Process of its fabrication. 18. 

 Process of producing colours on porcelain. 19. Coloured figures 

 on common ware ; press and bat printing. 20. Distinctive 

 marks of the manufactories. 21. Various recent applications 

 of the art .161 



CHAP. V. 1. Process of throwing. 2. Turning. 3. Moulding. 

 4. Turning and moulding combined. 5. Glazing. 6. Bisque 

 firing. 7. Ovens. 8. Sevres ovens. 9. Statistics of pottery . 177 



