The Lamar register., 1896-06-06
IN 4 CHINA sHoP.
NV IN. WORK !. Don. IN woressisr'
EhxIand.

the uwIy wurkahOps and tail chimnfis
az the Royal porcelain works. Nif'h
we watch the thrower noldins on is
magic wheel the plastic clay We 70
allied with wonder al his slSiii and
ourselves whence came the clay Nff'h
takes 50 readily any form the poies
Wills, says an English paper
iint howiacrs found upon the piIss
of Brittany Ia Frsnee, feldspar flh
Cornwall and SWEDEN. bones fin
America. besides other things, al lay
5tribute. These unlikely consutupts
7are ealcined and then ground excfd-
ziagiy fine In mills The grinding tes
4 from twelve hours to six days y
a sight worth seeing. these poweul
mills racing round the deep trqsh
tmade out OF stone from Derbysfel
weighted with heavy blocks. ehu7nB
each material. for each Is ground sfAF-
. atelS, into ! thick white cream. Wen
! finished the liquids are strained thfisn
one hair slevcs and All particles ofron
withdrawn by means Of magnets. ne
different ingredients are then mix To-
4 gsther In proper proportionsana
kneaded into the required consistency
and then the clay Is ready foi the
throWer The ART of moiding cla has
become much more exact since them
pioyment OF plaster Of paris mold AZ
ter the thrower. with the help his
& wheel. has roughly shapeS thsriny
\ into wha, Is termed the -iiuingi, IL
taken OF the wheel and put 10
plaster OF paris cast, which In % Is
placed upon the whiriing wheel. 4 the
-lining Is then dcftly nodded the
exact shape As plaster OF par ao-
4 sorhs moisture quickly the lug -
soon arra enough to be hhndiedft iS
then turned ike ordinary ~ OF
metal and has handler. whirhhAve
been nodded IN plaster o. partsxed
IA BY the same clay. The porcse 70
then ready TO be baked For INT Is
q packed in areproot baking dishsaii-
Il ed -segEars" and supported orsfery
4 side By powdered eaicined fint- fese
ssEgArs arr made to nt exact one
aeon the other. although thsyf OF
8 different sizes and de7ths and u are
srranged In columns side by side the
oven. This oven Ia then hricked and
eight fires are lighted and kept fing
for foriy-ciEht hours. night ssiay.
81 Most OF the china Is glazed. aIteTa-
fF tion requiring care and skill ar
81 uciss are bathed IN the liquid Es--a
s4 muddy looking hroth-and a satey
part OF the supernuous glaze shk on.
II But Il Is impossible to free thsper-
~ fectly. besides the fingers leaYsirks
"a which have to be removed Al the
glaze has been dried In hoAom.
Women and girls are emplos for
this work The ivory glaze Is Icats
salmon pink before II u bas the
white a dark arab. After L lazad
ihe pottery, for the second is
packed in segsars and bakeehfter
"a this the eolOred china Ii paid and
baked again. The gold is also "a in.
Few people know that silt ohina
"a is the purest gold that can bsight.
~ II is ground with mercury antpen-
tine into a black-Iooklng paint ap-
& piled with a fine camers hatncil
Boys are trained for this soFsm IL
years Of age. IL being nearly itsible
for older people 10 acquire thslraey
OF eye and hand necessary is
great drawback to the prodbn OF
artistic pottery that the cog is
totally different In the paip the
result after burning, For iua gold
paint is black before and gold
afterwards: the brightness ishuced
by polishing it with an agaDther
eolors are obtained from ma. OK
sdes: iron gives red, cobalt, betc.