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Show - 1 -kim ' .1,1-1 ,1 ;' ,, fjh '- HowHhVA-WAmj as Citiif a Ts so cotomort a material that we Broaptto pvcrtooltiubeanty dhd Value Sowd people mako cojlsetlofts or pltccsof Id thin j, as others' ijo of old Vt 'thres, .Horacd Wnlpolo nud tho peoV of our greiitcraudmothers' tmedilso;. und now, whl-:i the news, of tho "looting:- or plna-f,el?rs plna-f,el?rs "f 11,0 iimliait of Chma?a jwhiceat, 1 ekfn, Iws; lately arrived, cnrio,jyiiunt-rvs cnrio,jyiiunt-rvs hro aniioi!i.ly cxptcting (he nitival br fpedmerra of the fuiudas "egg-shell chins" of tvliich not it single partielo has h&ti allowed to leitc the. Jmliirfal jemifial for the last tw6 biindrtd years. ' aro oar cups and saucers called ohitiar llccadsu the first fpectmens, of' tho .manufacture came frbpi that country. I It is also' called "poiveUhi' because theJ word pumlfiina in. IfyrtmstK'sfr i(tfar iittlo.cup, atd. the firxt tradert in ib ar-.tlt-ls canio froav Foftnai; Tiiif! hW clilna-wiire lOught to England "was m a Fortogdeso ahip tuTum us a prize in 15U3, .ImntthnTacturing it Jhe workman takes a certain $tono called feldspar, breaks Iti up, Wiishw it, ami presctY-es ho "fiiiwt ! portwit, whieh Sinking to -th bottlwit of tlio; Yvater, forms u hard, whitrj mats that canbo rediicvd.to a fine powder. TfiSj Is mixed with water till it is lifce thick cream. Then ptsrs of Hint, which are .very hard, aro burut in a- great kilu-lirc, ihrawn wd-hot into cold, water runl afterward after-ward ground fine. Next, tho Hint audi the clay matures. urt biought together, (tu.t ihcy furm a sort tif" mortar r d'o'igii.. 3 . -. - ;- , TM-djugh U now tramphid On by men, With naked fcit, to M6oeitc out the nlf' babbles. . It is altitrwartt jil.med in a dslup. cellar to fermr at, nmi tiu get riil ;of any anirnl orveKeUilile mailer it ra.iy coutaift. .The longer it is fccpl the better : the clay is. Tim C'hhteic kvep it ovir fif-tteii fif-tteii or twenty years, and .a pirvut will ofteu providq a sumVicut stock tor his son's life. Mojit pieces of niaehinery become im-! proved.and -iltejed in coarao of time;, but 1 the potters' wheel is miidi tlm saiue now ia as. it known to havo beof Jiiuete.en bunclrcil years beforo Christ, This potter' wlieel ij ,imall circular board made Jo revolve Vqry rspldiy, and ou this the clay w measured, .and its in-1 tended tliape. given tuJt by the, pxei-airef r the lingers and palms or the potter'; Itauds. In tile catacombs of Thebes in Egypt, which aro proved to have existed! morn than three thousand seviiu liundreil years, there have been feumt juiuliugs representing rep-resenting yanom jiroccsses.of the potters' art, and among thema delineation br n jiot-ttrs' jiot-ttrs' wheel, cx-ictly like those, now in nv. I When the (lay vexsti ia laralded it U I partially dried, smoothed On a tufiliug-' tufiliug-' lathe, and filled with spout, handle, j those irregularly sloped pieces being cast , iu mold; then tliey arc all baked Irani hi : a great fierce oven. lint when, they leave tho oven they 1 look dull, and some ludies buy them in 1 I this stale (called "biscuit Ware." became I they rescuihlo ship's bkenit) and paint (thrJt own designs or patterns on thqm. I Tho painting is done with iecu1hir metal-Mic metal-Mic colors which aro aftenviirJ lurn( Ut. The cxipiisttc group Of flowers often (found on china-ware is painted by an ! artist who makes it hi solo basiittss to ) decorate chinu. li gold round the edges is laid on in tha metallic leaf, then burned in, and burnished by rubbing it with a cry smooth toot. After jiaiiitiuff the vessels, they are gtdztit by being denied iu a lflixlMre of lead uiiij groniid Hints, Yvliicb loots like j rcam. When taken out of thismixtuie j the paintings are quite , covered by it, It is so thick; but 011 being fired in an oven the-heat CanY-crts the pasty looking covering cover-ing into a tfiin coating of glass. .; Although the Chinese madt,- the first china, their niahuTaeturcs oro neither as elegant nor useful ns those ot America and Emjluod. Uut they ore moro cori-Ods, cori-Ods, Tliey Ornament their porcelain iu very queer stylo; aud the divis.ua C labor betpg ureal among them, and carried even juto thetrdtsi-ns, different wockmeii, without any concert jr plu, paint sue--cescsivc parts of the same group or picture hieh contributes to tha grotesque tffeit ot their work. They are also ijyioraut of perspective; to that yonder Uie tranget effect in what they tali laudscape Tbey make besides cOdimOti chlua .ettral others a blark kiml much esteemed in tho East; a kind whieh appears as though it were cracked alt over; one in which thf color show only when the vessel is tilled ivrltli.liquidfaud still another variety, Ir whRh Tartous figures appvir raised oa pore whits porcfjlaln, and yet tha surface is smooth. Tbeyhave cveit built a towt r la Nankin which is nearly thrt hiuidred fjet Kfh. m') ettirrly corsr?iJ with jx- eelain'tilcs, which Ibofe as, fresh "as 'when thoy were first pufoii, ifo'a'r hundred years ago.- , 1 Thq'llrst,altciripj,0'mako pnrcelam fn Europe was by'the.Moors iu Sijait then lrJW wW "tnajohea was made at' Majorpdfrohj whctieb tho manufacture was renioved to Jtuty, About "the liiiddle of ifo sixteen th cenutry, Jlertiard'Fnlissy, a- Frotcstautaftef many .trials, proddeed n l-eautifuf coamel-glazcd va$c. Jaltey' life; Whieh you ,shoft!d, nil read. Is very Interesting, rmd shows What ' palicoce and perseverance Vill 'mccompUsh'. In .the seventeentii ceotury.ln England ihcro was ojtly rt. coramou earthen wary buttwio Ofrtoan brothers .ot tho name of Elk-M dijedvered a superior elayj -ahd rsftcr this a gentleman named Asburjv who was engaged In tlio manufacture, j having occasion to employ some calcined Ulus as poultice to;, his horse'- eyes,1 noticed their fit, white, opaque sub-' Maiice, and added them to the iiasto of J which he made hlff ciilna, IhuS aufifdying' .tho" loat needed Inqkrbtement for tno hcri fectlon of the art; Mr. Jotfah Wedge-v'ood, Wedge-v'ood, who was barn a poor potter'; ion, was. tho next rind greatest improver. Iu tlm eiuhteenlJi er;tnrv, a Oermati 1'iniiHl IlflftWie, while huu'titig for tho ( ph.fosopher's stone; wade Dresden, cldsa I by ncctdentl The ejny which lie tiscil for I his crucible; was dticoyeredln a' siugular1 manner. John, Selmorr, an Iron-mister,! riding 011, diseovrrcd that' his horsed lfett were sticking In a soft" White cartlr.j which bo uwd na a inibslitnto for hair-! Lewder, llottlchei bscd it as such, ft ml, olicrUhg its rartldy nature; tested, it, id ftiiiud ft cxacty what hd.YYimfed to 'periyct hi porcelalri, The Elector' then' caused the earth to be taken secretly to j the Xactory in scaled barrels, Kvesy Workman was sworn to secresy null pmub till death!"' was inscribed. in large f letters m'all the workshop. The next famous wdrk? were ttioso of Sctres. |