. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . cess. The marks were: V(/ Ji ?k At LoosDRECHT (Hard Paste), uot far from Utrecht, De Moll be-gan a small factory in 1772. He made a fine quality of china, closelyfollowing the Dresden. It had but a short existence. His mark was M o L., meaning Manufactur oude Loosdrecht. Amstel {Oiide\ near Amsterdam, made the next essay (1782), andproduced good porcelain; but it could not hold its own against thatwhich the English were now sending forth into the markets of theworld—patriotism was not equal to cope with che
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . cess. The marks were: V(/ Ji ?k At LoosDRECHT (Hard Paste), uot far from Utrecht, De Moll be-gan a small factory in 1772. He made a fine quality of china, closelyfollowing the Dresden. It had but a short existence. His mark was M o L., meaning Manufactur oude Loosdrecht. Amstel {Oiide\ near Amsterdam, made the next essay (1782), andproduced good porcelain; but it could not hold its own against thatwhich the English were now sending forth into the markets of theworld—patriotism was not equal to cope with cheapness. The mark was the letters A and D combined, in script. 21 322 POTTERY AXD FORCE LAIN. At New Amstkl, nearer to Amsterdam, the attempt was also made,which continued through 180S to 1810, when it too died. The markhere was also in script. Mark? used at Amsterdam : J^de^> yirmM At The IIague, about 1775, both hard and soft porcelain wasmade, and of great excellence. More was done here than at Amster-dam, and the work was of superior quality. Some of the painting was I^li*. Fig. l^i.—Porcelain of The Ilagiw. excellent—equal tu that done at Dresden. Tea and dinner servicesof great beauty were made, wliicli are now and then to be bought in LILLE.—TOURNA Y. 323 Europe. The examples shown in Fig. 158 are a plate, and cup andsaucer, from Mr. Waless collection. The mark was a stork holding a fish, the symbol of the town.
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