. Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin. Number 18, April 1907. RD PASTEBoston Museum of Fine Arts it will be necessary to consider how singular, nay, how impossible, a circum-stance it is, that if this unpainted china was imported in quantities sufficientto constitute a trade, none of it should have escaped into private custody freefrom that miserable defacement which has been miscalled decoration. There are in many English collections numerous pieces of hard paste por-celain known as heraldic china decorated with armorial bearings, crests, etc.,which are still known by the name Lowestoft. These piece
. Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin. Number 18, April 1907. RD PASTEBoston Museum of Fine Arts it will be necessary to consider how singular, nay, how impossible, a circum-stance it is, that if this unpainted china was imported in quantities sufficientto constitute a trade, none of it should have escaped into private custody freefrom that miserable defacement which has been miscalled decoration. There are in many English collections numerous pieces of hard paste por-celain known as heraldic china decorated with armorial bearings, crests, etc.,which are still known by the name Lowestoft. These pieces in realityare of Chinese production, having been decorated to order in China from draw-ings, prints, or paintings furnished to the Oriental artist. A plate in this BULLETIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM 31 Museum is a genuine piece from a table service executed in China for the royalpalace at Gripsholm, Sweden. Until recently very little was known about true Lowestoft china. TheOriental Lowestoft fallacy was promulgated by William Chaffers, the author. ORIENTAL LOWESTOFT. BROWN MONOCHROME DECORATIONON HARD PASTE of Marks and Monograms, and his erroneous conclusions were disseminatedfar and wide, so that many writers who followed him accepted them withoutquestion. In 1902, however, a remarkable discovery of pottery molds and a
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