The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-13
T5le ARTS aM0 &c(eMces.
From the New-York Siatesman.1
.A.NERICAV PORCELAIN

AMERICAN PORCELAIN.
On Friday last, the ladies and gentle
men of this city were invited over tC
Jersey, to see and examine for them.
selves. Perhaps thirty or forty ayaiIet
themselves of the invitation and we
have the satisfaction to know that they
were equally astonished and delighted
TO find shelves loaded with American
China ware, of the most delicate and
fashionable models, and of the finest and
most beautiful texture. 1t was srb-
Jeci Of regret, however, that the establish.
ment was not visited by a larger num-
Der, as we are convinced that it is only
necessary that IFS existence and merits
should be known, to induce capitalists to
embark 10 il, and to create such demand
for the ware, as shall not only make it
a very useful, but very profitable con-
cern. There can be no doubt on this
subject, because, at the present time,
and without any demand upon the gov
ernment, for a higher protecting duty,
the ware can be manufactured and sold
10 handsome profit, full as cheap as it
can be imported. And if we Can manu-
lacture goods of this kind, of equal
strength, beauty and durability, and fur
nish them equally low with the import,
ed article, the company Cannot but re-
ceive the support of the American pub
lie.
The building of the Porcelain Manu-
factory is of brick, two stories high, ard
occupying three sides Of square, of
one hundred and Ten feet in length each.
A terrace is erected around the inner
fronts ofthe building, which enablesthe
woTkmen, superinteH sc. to COM
municate with all the rooms in the sec
ond story without running up and down
stairs too much and within the walls
are the kilns for furnishing The ware,
and the enamelling ovens for finishing it,
Every part of the works was examined,
and every process of the labor witness
ed, from The moulding Of the ware to
the painting, enamel!ing, and FURNISH
ing. And the finished work, from plain
cups and sauceH, 10 the richly painted
and gilded ware of many descriptions,
including elegant chimney ornaments,
was the best evidence that the artists,
in each department, were perfect mas
tiers of their business.
IT was but reasonable TO expect, that
discouragements and obstacles would
have to be encountered 10 The introduce
ton Of so difficult branch of manufac-
lures and the marvel is, how they have
been snrmounted so soon The first por-
celdin which was seen in Europe, was
brought from China ard Japan. lis
whiieness, transparency, fineness Of tex
lure, with lis elegance and beautiful
colours, excited great admiration, and
introduced il 10 The tables of the rich
and powerful But il was long time
before its manufacture was introduced
into Europe. The antiquity of the
manufacture of porcelain 10 China is not
known; bit il has been traced back 10
the year 445 of the Christian era.
From China the art of making it was
first introduced into SaXony; from
thence into France; and thence success
siveiy toto EDgland, Germany, and Italy.
Bot il was not until after long success
'sion of years, that il reached its present
state of perfection; and it is a subject
of proud !elicitaton, that, owing TO the
combination oft the enterprise of small
number Of our countrymen, with the
skill of few foreign artists, the man.
ufacture has sprung up among us at
once, ana reached the limit Of Europe
an perfection as il were in day.