THE POTTEll's AllT. 



part not exposed to view, of eacli article fabricated, a peculiar 

 distinctive mark, by which the place of its manufacture shall be 

 always capable of being ascertained. It will not be without 

 interest here to indicate some of the principal of these 

 marks. \ Y 



The Dresden porcelain, manufactured at the royal manu- Y 

 factory of Meissen, bears the mark of two swords crossed, / \ 

 as here represented. ' \ 



The English porcelain, manufactured at the celebrated JP- 

 Chelsea works, is marked with an anchor, thus \\ + 



The porcelain manufactured at Derby is marked with the 

 cypher 



The old Sevres porcelain, fabricated from 19th Aug., 

 1753, until the fall of Royalty in 1793, is marked 

 with the cypher 



During the Republic, from 1793 until the end of 1800, the 

 mark over the Sevres porcelain was simply the initials F. R. 

 From 1800 to 1804 the articles were marked with the characters, 

 M . ls le (Manufacture Rationale). 

 Sevres 



During the Empire, 1S04 to 1814, the words Manufacture 

 Imperiale, Sevres, were stamped upon the porcelain. 



From the Restoration to the Revolution of 1830, the articles 

 bore the royal cipher, the double L or double c. 



From 1830 to 1834, the symbol of equality, a double equilateral 

 triangle was used: and from 1834 to the Revolution, 1848, the 

 articles bore the cipher of Louis Philippe. 



By these indications the amateur will be enabled to determine 

 the epoch of the manufacture of such articles as may fall under 

 his notice. 



21. There is nothing more remarkable in this branch of industry 

 than the great number and variety of unexpected uses to which 

 the ingenuity of the manufacturer has rendered it subservient. 

 At the Great Exhibition of 1851, this was especially conspicuous. 

 Among the specimens there collected were found, for example, 

 chimney-pieces of statuary porcelain. The advantages of this 

 application are numerous and obvious. Among them are great 

 durability and freedom from the susceptibility of discoloration 

 and staining to which marble is liable. Plateaux and slabs for 

 the covering of fire-places, tops of console toilet and chess- 

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