The Story of Porcelain

Look up Royal Copenhagen some time, and see how beautiful it is.

Denmark gave a real contribution to the world in its Copenhagen ware, a type of white porcelain decorated beneath the glaze in cobalt.

One of the most perfect of English porcelains, known as Spode, was produced by combining with this type of paste pulverized bones.

Didn't the English ever make any real hard paste china?" asked Theo.
"It is said that between 1730 and 1744 they did make some; and this product is supposed to be the only true porcelain ever made in England.

We call everything dating up to 1800 Old Sèvres, and you will probably find it so marked in both public and private collections."

Sky blue!" put in Theo.
"There was also a rare canary yellow; an apple green; a fine tone of violet; and a bright red that had not been seen before in the china world.

King's blue," murmured Theo.
"Bleu Celeste, a turquoise blue made from copper——"

At the present time a color known as Rose du Barry brings the highest price in old Sèvres.

Satsuma is a pottery in which they excelled. It has a body of cream-colored earthenware not unlike Wedgwood's Queen's ware, and this is richly decorated in dull colors and gold. In order to please the Dutch traders the Japanese

before even such a simple article as a cup was completed it frequently passed through as many as seventy pairs of hands.