New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-28
TIL Z EXHIBITION
CRYSTAL PALACE.
PORCELAIN MANUFACTURES.
AT TIE

srd this in Cur City, IN AZ leisf one plrtciaf mere
the raw material vas exhibited ia both It's crude and
dr. sed forms and portions selected al the various
STAGES Of perfection in which s progress. or al era
zion could be made manifest The whole process Of
manufacture was thus exhibited at glance, ani The
mind not only became aware Of chat the MANUFACTURED
article was made FROM but t became impressed Fh tae
Involvement the skill aud the taste which marks our
own times Here, however, this is rarely TO be wit
.nssd The fne article is exhibited Ei.lcu tbe coarse
material IL the exposit Gus of Iron aud Steel the
ore or native source from which 1t is obtained. might
sh advantage be placed IN juSfaqositon So ina 'l9
Cr,stal Palace might be cb)o OF knowledge, as vel
IS a tbestsr Of admiration. This remark sop@s WITH
estecia force 10 the exhibition oGas and Porcelain
The contrast between the materials aod the bealt
fol products startling, but its not here'is Die no.
SAYS Johnson speaking Of Gafs when he saw the hrs'
sand or ashes BY acasua intenseDe,s ofheat metedno
metallic form, rugged viz excrescences aud cloud
ed With IMPURITIES would have imagined that 10 this
shspeess lump lay concealed so macy conyenences
Of life as would in time constitute great part OF tho
happiness # this world r' 1t is just possible 'hi'
defect may be supplied the glass and porcelain depart
ment b. DO means flied up many cases being YET IN
packed.
The formation Of earthon vessels or the cerami art
divides itself Into two branchesthat Of pottery as it IS
commonly termed and that Of china ware. There is no
so much difference in the materials employed in each
branch as in the manner of treating them the material
for porcelain being semiiused aud thus mole r'afy ap
preaching in its nature 10 glass Ii is curious to See by
the articles exhibited how zea1usy these tro branches
have been cultivated BY rival nations The excellence o.
a. D.. l. in Or
common household ware while the taste and skill Of
France has been devoted to the perfection OF porcelain
The show Of these articles lies chiefly wh these two
nations tor the samples of ware fabricated CHS
tncnt are few and rot of high degree OF perfection
II cannot be said TO be an Indigenous art although Yer
mont AID le other New England States, well as New.
Yok furnish an abundance OF worry pure materials. Tue
eath 10 patronze extensively exists here, perhaps but
The skl To execute is yet desidemtum Nor is this ab
sencc OF manufacture peculiar 10 orr peopie. II we pu
he the Chinese. there are bur three nations who can
exrolt pottery 20 any extent Lnsand' iAen
France ard lastly Germany.
The fabrication Of porcelain is an art half chemical
halfmechanici Transferred from China, 10 which by
precIptyc right 10 belonged it has been initiated as an
art IN Central Europe with little advancement, beyond
the Asatic originals II is net century slnc' the
straneest views entertained respecting the conpo-
sition and nature OF china Reaumur proved tnat
the mixture Of two peculiar tarths found i'm China, call
od leiB.fse and kooiH, produced porcelain The next
step n ad ance 20 discover IT any earth' similar 70
these existed in Europe. The jesuit, Francis Aayer
4 FLtrecoles who was residing missionary IN China,
contryed 20 elude the jealous vigilance exercised To-
ward strangers and not only forwarded to France the
II ecmens of the earbs, but also the knowledge OF the
which be had acquired They were how
ever Worhs - ewing to his want II practical utet
Ctuco Much about the same time, Baron de Bottche
German alchemist, established the porcelain manuac-
tre in Saxony. by accident While following out some
vain researches for the Sphers stone he prepared
s,ue cucbles, and having burned the clay over mnch
be- obseIyed it had all the characters OF Oriental porce
lain He Jaw the importance Of this real discovery,
and abandoning alchemy, he commenced the mlnuar-
lure Of Dresden porcelain. The secrecy attempted IN
the processes could not be retained, and with partial
know ledge and national rivalry the establishments o 81
Cloud and the FaubOurg s. Antoine were commenced
about l1l9 White porcelain only manniacruredin
these places they were of beautiful appearance eXter
nay, but wanting in oil that constitutes good china
Tie mandatory at Seyres in France started aud
under Royal auspices and the works there
produced specimens OF art ghicfyed successfully with
Drt sden and China When Frederick the Great con
qrer,d Saxony be 0rcbly carried away seyeral Of the
best WOIkmtn from the mandatory at Nielsen, near
Or, ,dcn, and conveyed them 20 Berlin where. since
hat time. considerable manufacture has been carried
On. As many five hundred men are employed IN the
Boya RUSSIAN establishment but the quality Of the por
coian fabricated las never equaed that of Dresden
The manufacture Il coarse earthenw8re in SiaiiA
shire England, goes far back the time 81 the 10
mans. IN tie year 1890, tWC brothers named Eers
from Nuremberg settled at Bradwel, where they made
au improved red ware aud introduced the glazing Of the
vessels by throwing salt into the oven Jei
usg succeeded iu driving these two men out Of the /
country after the secret was stolen from nem AsiDuy .
.rocft ded them IN the manufacture and introduced /
gLfe stouc ware which, it is sand accident brought un-
der Dos ce. IA travelling on horseback 20 London,
,ls iorse's eyes became attacked with some disorder
-n olCr % the inn where be stopped cured them by
burning Gut and reducing it % hne powder before
b. blew it into the horses eye The potter. observing
he beautiful white color Of me calcned flint imned-
ey saw how IL might be applied Ingredient in MS
1Vn business This tep IN advance led the way TO the
Improvements OF Isaiah Wedgewood. With whose name +
his beautiful ant ia England il ndi sOlubly lnked OF
TIE various kinds Of ware introduced by him, two
are Oh especial value one his table ware, or Queens
ware 81 il is commonly known and the porcelain bis
cuit or WodgeWOCd ware, OF which mOrtars and other
chemical utensils are made These Inventions Of Wedge
v0od showed that porcelain could be made In kngrld /
Cookv orthy discovered the earhs in Cornwall aud hly
ing secured himself by patent the exclusive right Of
sing these materials the first person who male rge
porcelain in that country This was IN l7G- II il now
at Derby CoapOrt IN Shropshire, WOr- /
cester, and SWnton IN Yorkshire
Porcelain is mixture OF earbs which, by subsequent
heating. il semifused. Reaumurs experiments show
us clearly be took the Two earihs from China, called
Peun.tse and Kaoin made small cake Of each sub .
stalce ard EXPOSED them 20 the heat Of strong fur
race tie petuntse Was fused BY this without any
addition willie the other the kao1. gave 10 signs Of il
sion He them intimately mixed them both, aud found
gher the mixture was baked that adacquired oil the
QU5 Of the finest Chinese ware. Il is thus mix /
.ure Of an earth which is ushle by heat petuntse and
one vich is iniusible, (2aoin) the whole being sem
yitr1od becomes partially transparent Porcelain stands
intern ediate bew pottery aud glass we're i wholly
uu.lle 70 would be- earth we're both materials
iu..be, it would be glass