Pottery.—Fulham Pottery.—Elers.—Elizabethan Pottery.—Stoke-upon-Trent.—Josiah Wedgwood.—Cheapness.—Queen’s-ware.—Jasper-ware.—Flaxman.—Cameos.—Basalt.—The Portland Vase.—Prices

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CHAPTER X.

THE PORCELAIN OF CHINA.

Difficulties.—The Porcelain Tower at Nanking.—First Making of Porcelain.—Kaolin and Pe-tun-tse.—Marco Polo.—Portuguese Importation.—The City of King-te-chin.—Jacquemart’s Groups.—Symbolic Decoration.—Inscriptions.—The Ming Period.—The Celestial Blue.—The Celadons.—Reticulated Cups.—The Crackle.—Various Periods.—Individualism.—Marks and Dates

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CHAPTER XI.

THE PORCELAIN OF JAPAN.

Corean Porcelain.—Katosiro-ouye-mon.—The Province of Idsoumi.—Styles prevailing in Japan.—Marks.—Japanese Blue.—Indian Porcelain.—Dutch East India Company.—Egg-shell and Crackle.—Mandarin China.—Kaga Ware.—Satsuma Ware.—Japanese Art.—The Philadelphia Exhibition

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CHAPTER XII.

THE PORCELAINS OF CENTRAL EUROPE—DRESDEN, BERLIN, HÖCHST, ETC.

Dresden China.—Porcelain in Europe.—The Alchemists.—Augustus II.—Böttger.—Tschirnhaus.—Experiments.—Kaolin discovered.—Höroldt and Kändler.—Fine Art, or Decorative Art.—Lindenir.—Angelica Kauffmann.—Rococo-Work.—Collectors.—Marcolini.—Prices.—Marks.—Berlin.—The Seven Years’ War.—Frederick the Great.—Prices.—Marks.—Vienna.—Stenzel.—Maria Theresa.—Lamprecht.—Prices.—Marks.—Hungary.—Herend.—Fischer.—Marks.—Höchst, or Mayence.—Ringler.—Marks.—Frankenthal, or Bavarian.—Carl Theodor.—Melchior.—Prices.—Marks.—Fürstenburg, or Brunswick.—Von Lang.—Prices.—Marks.—Nymphenburg.—Heintzmann and Lindemann.—Prices.—Marks.—Ludwigsburg, or Kronenburg.—Fulda.—Hesse-Cassel.—Switzerland.—Marks

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CHAPTER XIII.

THE PORCELAIN OF FRANCE—ST.-CLOUD, CHANTILLY, SÈVRES, ETC.

Hard and Soft Porcelain.—Discovery of Kaolin.—St.-Cloud.—Pâte Tendre.—Marks.—Rouen.—Small Manufactories.—Marks of