The Pottery and Porcelain of the United States: An Historical Review of American Ceramic Art from the Earliest Times to the Present Day |
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Page 30 - The Floridians when they travel have a kind of herb dried, who, with a cane and an earthen cup in the end, with fire and the dried herbs put together, do suck through the cane the smoke thereof, which smoke satisfieth their hunger and therewith they live four or five days without meat or drink. And this all the Frenchmen used for this purpose; yet do they hold opinion withal that it causeth water and phlegm to void from their stomachs.
Page 92 - NEW CHINA WARE. Notwithstanding the various difficulties and disadvantages, which usually attend the introduction of any important manufacture into a new country, the Proprietors of the China Works, now erecting in Southwark, have the pleasure to acquaint the public, they have proved to a certainty, that the Clays of America are productive of as good Porcelain, as any heretofore manufactured at the famous factory in Bow, near London...
Page 56 - Wednesbury, which they paint with slip, made of a reddish sort of earth gotten at Tipton. But the greatest pottery they have in this county is carried on at Burslem, near...
Page 55 - I have erected a pottery att Burlington for white and chiney ware, a greate quantity to ye value of 1200 li have been already made and vended in ye Country, neighbour Colonies and ye Islands of Barbadoes and Jamaica where they are in great request. I have two houses and kills with all necessary implements, diverse workemen, and other servants. Have expended thereon about 2000 li.
Page 129 - He burned kiln after kiln with very poor success. The glazing would crack, and the body would blister ; and, besides, we discovered that we had a man who placed the ware in the kiln who was employed by some interested parties in England to impede our success. Most of the handles were found in the bottom of the seggars after the kiln was burned.
Page 129 - We could not account for it until a deafand-dumb man in our employment detected him running his knife around each handle as he placed them in the kiln. "At another time every piece of china had to be broken before it could be taken out of the seggar. We always washed the round O's— the article in which the china was placed in the kiln — with silex, but this man had washed them with feldspar, which, of course, melted, and fastened every article to the bottom ; but William discharged him, and we...
Page 56 - White clay, so called it seems, though of a blewish colour, and used for making yellow-colour'd ware, because yellow is the lightest colour they make any ware of.
Page 94 - America, in this general Struggle, hath hitherto been unthought of, and it is our peculiar Happiness to have been primarily instrumental in bringing her forward ; but how far she shall proceed, in a great Measure depends on the Influence of your generous Support We have expended great Sums In bringing from London Workmen of acknowledged Abilities, have established them there, erected spacious Buildings, Mills, Kilns, and various Requisites, and brought the Work, we flatrer ourselves, Into no contemptable...
Page 92 - All workmen skill'd in the different branches of throw-turning, modelling, moulding and pressing, and painting, upon application to the proprietors, may depend on encouragement suitable to their abilities; and such parents as are inclined to bind their children apprentices to either of these branches must be early in their application, as only a few of the first offering, will be accepted without a premium ; none will be received under twelve years of age or upwards of fifteen. All orders from the...
Page 95 - Knowledge, must be sensible, that capital Works are not to be carried on by inconsiderable Aids or Advancements: Hence it is, we beg Leave to point out the Propriety of a Provincial Loan, at the Discretion of your Honourable House, independent of Interest, for a certain Term of Years. Under such Indulgence, on our Part, we shall not be deficient in the Display of a lively Gratitude, and the Promotion of the Colony's service, by the introducing of an additional Number of experienced Workmen, the Extension...