Fig. 43. BAKING ROOM IS PORCELAIN WORKS. 



THE POTTER'S ART. 



CHAPTEE V. 



1. Process of tliro\ving. 2. Turning. 3. Moulding. 4. Turning and 

 Moulding combined. 5. Glazing. 6. Bisque firing. 7. Ovens. - 

 8. Sevres ovens. 9. Statistics of pottery. 



1. The brief explanation of some of the processes by which 

 the beautiful productions of this branch of industry are obtained, 

 which have been given in the preceding pages, will be easily 

 understood by all persons who may have had the pleasure and 

 advantage of visiting any of the great porcelain-works. For the 

 benefit of those who have not been so fortunate, we shall here 

 give some more developed explanations of the succession of pro- 

 cesses by which the raw clay is converted into the finished article ; 

 in doing which we shall avail ourselves of some admirably 

 executed sketches, showing the interior of some of the principal 

 workshops of a porcelain factory, which were prepared under the 

 direction of the late M. Brongniart, director of the Royal porcelain 

 works of Sevres, and executed by Mr. Charles Develey, an artist 



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