CHAPTER IV.

MANUFACTURE AND DECORATION.

Divisions of Chapter.--Japanese Method of Preparing Porcelain Clay.--Old Sèvres Soft Porcelain.--Pug-Mill.--Blunger.--Early Italian Methods.--Shaping the Clay.--Moulding among the Egyptians, Greeks, Italians, and at the Present Day.--Moulding Porcelain.--Japanese Method.--European.--Throwing.--The Potter’s Wheel in all Countries.--Baking and Firing.--Egyptian, Greek, Italian, and Japanese Kilns.--Those of Modern Europe and America.--Times of Firing.--Glazing and Painting.--Metallic-Lustre Majolica.--Japanese Methods.--Glazing Stone-ware.--Natural and Artificial Porcelain.....66

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