Fig. IS. AXCIEXT CHIKESE DRAWING OF THE METHOD OF PREPARING THE 

 PORCELAIN CLAY FOR FABRICATION. 



THE POTTER'S ART. 



CHAPTER 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. Productions of Italian potters. 11. Royal pre- 

 sents. 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 produc- 

 tions. 1 7. La belle Jardiniere. 18. Origin of the Staffordshire potte- 

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

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

 Wedgwood. 



1. THE grosser parts of the mineral which sink to the bottom of 

 the first reservoir, are then brought back to the crushing-mill, 

 fig. 17, and are again submitted to the action of the hammers, 

 and the same process is repeated at the trough, fig. 18. 



The cream-like liquid thrown into the second reservoir being 



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