THE POTTER'S A1JT. 



the whole civilised world. M. Faujas de St. Fond, a foreign writer 

 on this subject, says : 



" The excellent workmanship of English porcelain, its solidity, 

 the advantage which it possesses of sustaining the action of fire, 

 its fine glaze, impenetrable to acids, the beauty and convenience 

 of its form, and the cheapness of its price, have given rise to a 

 commerce so active and universal, that in travelling from Paris to 

 St. Petersburg!!, from Amsterdam to the furthest part of Sweden, 

 or from Dunkirk to the extremity of the south of France, one is 

 served at every inn upon English ware. Spain, Portugal, and 

 Italy are supplied with it, and vessels are loaded with it for botii 

 the Indies and the continent of America.'' 



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