The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-15
HOW CHINA. WARE is MADE

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HOW CHINA. WARE is MADE.
CHINA Is so common material tLat wi
Fare apt to overlook iii beauty and yalue
! Some people make collections or rieees oI
I'D china, as others 10 Of Old ni.tslres
/ Horace Walpoie aid the. peat,le If oill
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES time did So; afld now ,
wtfe!i the news Of the ''lootitg2, or eIilan.
defing Of the Emperor Of clh;na1s Ilaiaee d !.
Paki', has lately arrived cufiosity,fiuht.
ers are anSioGsly expecting the arrival oil
specimens OF tie fatp0aS EGG shell cbtn8''
.of which not d single partieid has beer,
allowed 70 leave tie imperia! eEpttal for
the Inst two hundred years. E.. e. =. g..
Why are our cups and salicers called
ehinaE Because the first specimens. OF
the manufacture came from that country.
1t is also called porcelain because the
word Isdrs6ttdna III Portuguese means 4
little cup, aud the first traders in The az.
stiele came from. Portugal. The FIRST
cltina-@,lre brought to Englaud Was IN a
PoFtpgaese ship taken US u prrze ia5l 500.
II manufacturing it the Workman takes
q certain Stone called tefdspar, breaks II
up, washes ii, aud: preserves ihc finest
portion, which sinking 10 the bottom Or
the water forms u hard, white mass That
eair be tFdGced TO a fne powder. Iiis
y. mixed with water till ii d like thick
cream. Then> pieces Of fiat, which are
very hard, arc burnt in a. great kiIfl.ffre;
thrown, rtd-h9t into coid,WateT and after
ward ground fine. Next, the flint and
Tue clay mixtures. are brought togetiier
Rlsel.4 they iorln a. sort OF mortar or
Gopgh. 2. If r.: III. .' 1..,= r. IT,
d. :Tas dangil Is now traiIq,le,l On by nerr
vii b naked feet, to Sqoocae out the air
batihlas. IL is altgrwartt placed IN n
iaup cellar to feFment, and. thus get rid
OF ahy Animal or vegetable matter il may
eotitait. The longer il is kept the better
the clay is, Tie Chinese keep il over FL
teen or twenty years, and a parent wifi
often provide a sufficient stock for bis
sons life. +. : T.. ....,..-&
Most pieces Of machinery become i'm.
proved and altered iif course Of tiu1e:. bat
the Poticrs' wheel is much The saIae now
10 1861 as il is known to llage been.
nineteen huadred years before Christ:
This pottefs' wheel IS a small CIRCULAR
board made to reyolse very rapidly, and.
Oh Ibis the eiGy Is measured, aud lis in.
Hel.tted shape given tuit BY the, pressure.
Of the fagers and palms of the: potters'
hands :Id1he ratarombs OF Thebes. il,
Egypt, which are proved to have existed
more than three thousand seyqu hundred
years, there have been Foitnd paintings rep:
reStAting various Processes OF the potteIsr
art aud ameng them u delfHeation Of u pot
tersa whesl, exactly like those nov ia ust.
Nhea the tiay vessel ii moulded it is
partially dried, snDothed on tnriiiriy-
lathe, and fitted with speuts. handles, &c
those irregnlarIy slOped pieces being cast
IL mold; then they are ill baked hlrd in
a great fierce oven. - r.. i.
Bat when they leave the oven they
look dull, and some Indies hry them 10
this state (eailed biscuit ware because
they Resemble ships biscuitj and paint
their own designs or patterns on them.
The painting is done with peculiar metal.
De coiOrS which are afterward burnt IN
The exquisite group of flowers often
foaud on china-ware is painted 10y az
artist who makes II his sole business to
decorate china d..
1: The gold Tound the edges: is laid on Ia
the metallic leaf, then burned in, and
FURNISHED by rubbing it with a very
smooth tool. r. r.: -. ~. -. E.. ..
After painting the vessels, they are
CHASED by being dipped 10 a lnixtrry Of
lead aud ground ffints, which looks Hke
cream. hen taken out OF this mixtGfe
the paintings are quite covered by il, 1t
is 50 thick; but on being fred in an oven
the heat converts the pasty looking cover
ing into II tiia coating. OF glass. =.
Although the Chinese. made the .frst
china. their manufactures arc neither US
elegant nor useful rs those Of America
AID EnGlnBd. But they are more curl
Gus. They ornament their porcelain in
very queer style; and the d!yis.en Of Labor
being great aEiOag them. and carried
even into thctF tIrslel.a, different w0rSnen,
without any concert or plan, palut sue
cesStye paris OF lie same group OF picture
which contributes TO the gfotesque effect
OF their work. They are also ignorant Of
perspective; so that You see the strangest
effects in what they coll landscapes. T4ey
make besides eomHIon chiua several others
IA black kind much esteemed in the
East ktad Which appears as though il
were cracked all over; one ID which the
co!osS shoR only when the vessel is filled
With liquid and still another variety, 10
which various figures appear raised on
pore white porcelain, and yet the surface
isSmooth, They have even built q tower
In EahklH which is nearly Tires handred
feet h,sh. an4 eEtirely covered With pe.-