Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-12
ABOUT CERAMIC q,
= FEW POINTS coacsaa,.s !.
ORIGIN AND uss

The origin Of the ceram,.
use and Significance. 49, COIN 4
much interest and wen 49,. sulliss
OF potters as well as MI, r'say 'as1
amateur decorators. n fs MI;
les the colors ure divided 10y
and many are curio,c,. 'h'o iaa
owing their origin often & s1nss &
or remarkable occurrence J, Is'
1t is wei known by eyerv en- -. Iasl 4!
has always been a favo,;s s''e 'a;s IS
the Chinese potter or deco, ~ cois 4,
each shade Of blue has IA w.. W.T., " e
Lar use and Significance WIN AT -
its name is an unfamiEas n q
same Is true, in less dea~. 'sa 5
OF the greens and other colos - a'ss|S
The brilliancy of the M.
during the Tsin dynasss tvs 'a'z*
A. d.. is remarkable, an1 4 ! 400
color demonstrating any p,es. y
after the celadons. One ~ S III Y
called blue of the sky aftar ,', {.
came very popular, and bv II. 'a'a j
OF the emperor was adontea !.
article of porcelain used Is - y
The date of its adoption g = Z ~
color is placed at 954, but Il 8 y. y
exactly how long this part;era r. N Il
continued in exclusive ,,se 4, =
rial household. 1t is assumed i =, = 81 {.
that it remained in favor th,'u
eral generations of emperors
Again in 1866 blue was IL.
the royal porcelains. the sbsss X. 6
a deeper hue. Previous "a ~ /
certain rich. deep blue became II, Is
nous. The first porcelains bre,, e r.
Europe were blue and Whit n
being in various shades. n. II
that time are nearly all of Chr.
gin, many of which have neys- 8. e
celled and rarely approached i, ss
pean chemists. The Chinese H. vs.
also in greater variety than tha II.
any other nation; one Of tbe,, II
markable for its rarity, auuesr;..
green when contrasted with ofbs,.
but an unmistakable blue NJ.
trasted with green.
The greens produced by tbs n.
about the year 600 were nar.;.-.s
noted, but it is not recorded VIII
was the special favorite of any ~ S.
1t is known. however, that grser /.
exclusive imperial color for oss 81
years, and that it was not cOus,s {.
porceiains. but obtained IN evs,,,s &
connected with the court. Some !,
full specimens of porcelains Of ths,
decorated III the finest greens N
in existence, and their value i i
beyond price.
The porcelains of each family rs
vidual bore the signs of rank to VII
belonged, and colors or shads 4
selected by them were kept e1clazs
for their use. Some of these cdr
names that seem ludicrous. but mi
ertheless appropriate. One Is red 4
the "color of precious stone drux
the ruby; another red. "color d u
pear blossom;" "a violet, "colcr d
plant" "color of mules liver Acr
horses lung" etc.
Owing to the unreliabihty Of gll
ors in firing they have been SUBJ
continual study and experimea'
both the chemist and decorator, hal
all these centuries of research Tie
remains as unreliable as ever, mszzz
remaining the most charming and
mating of all the mineral eOlaz
colors designated as the rose famiys
under the head of gold eolOs a
clude all the rich rose, crimson al
let shades.) The date of the discOFs
these colors is not known. AHlais-
the present day are DISAPPOINTED
failures in the gold colors; tA5
either dull and lusterless, orquis
after firing, and, indeed, they neTHs
to be twice alike.
This is probably why carInins y
sidered a test color, and the sHs
who can successfully use 1t Is 5
have conquered the mysteries Of =
colors. The popularity Of The g
ors is not confined to the 0rientG
have always been prime fayOnis'
all nations. Our rose Pompada
rose Du Barry prove the estlnaps
which they were held at Seyra
time of these two women, iron
they derive their names, and eyii@
their popularity in all the word re-
as the history of the decorator .
ramics.
Probably the difficulty Of pFSs
satisfactory results with coio,s Isl
rose family accounts for the yalR
specimens decorated with these e.
The royal color of China at OK
was brilliant yellow known = 3
low, which still continues 70 y
miration of connoisseurs and uS J
ambition of amateurs. 1t Is MOI
that this color was at any tlni'~
to the exclusive use OF ths
household, but it is assumed .tA
The composition of many OF ,u.g
colors, by which is understood = !,
glaze colors except the matt eOs
secret carefully guarded ana i''.
as an inheritance from father y
in a work by NJ. Julian, ~
authority on eastern eeriiiai a.. -
liable receipts for the nians a;s
mineral colors are given w.D' X
the greatest interest IN NV
education. Undoubtedly nis
in the matter of mineral eoiu ..uI
decoration of porcelains' ~
above any other nation AD'
good reason for it. ..arv b
The manufacture of potter
one of the most important. iSq N
that country for upward q sbs a b
and every ruler during .l1 "a b
given special announcement t il
ration of pottery, so great sD mes
periods such thing as an .o w. %
r,ndecorated piece OF poIH
greatest rarity. The prosl;s
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