English porcelain : a handbook to the china made in England during the eighteenth century as illustrated by specimens in the national collections . in the domain of ceramic art. Mintons early mark, which is painted over-glaze, Fig. 44.—LONGTON HALL: VASE WITH RIM OF Fig. : BOWL, GILT FOLIAGE ON DARK BLUE GROUNDPANELS OF FLOWERS. South Kensington Museum. No. 312, 69. STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN. 79 SPODE. The manufacture of porcelain by Spode, of Stoke, belongsrather to the present century than to the last. To Josiah Spodethe younger, son of the first Josiah Sp
English porcelain : a handbook to the china made in England during the eighteenth century as illustrated by specimens in the national collections . in the domain of ceramic art. Mintons early mark, which is painted over-glaze, Fig. 44.—LONGTON HALL: VASE WITH RIM OF Fig. : BOWL, GILT FOLIAGE ON DARK BLUE GROUNDPANELS OF FLOWERS. South Kensington Museum. No. 312, 69. STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN. 79 SPODE. The manufacture of porcelain by Spode, of Stoke, belongsrather to the present century than to the last. To Josiah Spodethe younger, son of the first Josiah Spode, who died in 1797, isusually attributed the introduction into the porcelain body ofbone ash, the characteristic ingredient of soft English china. ButJosiah Spode the younger did not begin making porcelain untilsome little time after his fathers death in 1797, while bone-ashhad been in common use at Bow, Chelsea, Worcester, and otherchina factories for thirty or even forty years previous to that analysis of duly authenticated specimens of these earlierfactories proves this statement; not only so, it proves that Spodedid not even ascertain for the first time the best proportion ofbone-ash to be employed in the porcelain body, quantitativeanalysis showing that this propo
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