Tig. 35. MOULDER'S SHOP IN FORCZLAIX WORKS. 



THE POTTER'S ART. 



CHAPTER IT. 



1. Meaning of the epithet "tender" as applied to porcelain. 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 Wor- 

 cester. 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. Dis- 

 tinctive marks of the manufactories 21. Various recent applications 

 of the art. 



1. THE epithet tender, applied to this porcelain, must not be under- 

 stood as implying the quality of softness. It is intended, on the 

 other hand, to express two qualities by which it is distinguished 

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