Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-01
HISTORY OF PORCELAIN
Was First Made in China Re-.
Far as 200 B. c., 1t Is Be,
lieved

When tie study ana coi,a.-,..
CERAMICS began to languisa anon, II,
moneyed and refined classes or f., .,:-.
way rather, to Il great variety Of n,..
robust and contemporary interests H.
worm certainly i0SU something In RI.
way of elegance. There was . ,,a
when the cultivated Of both SEXES yra.,
as avid of Il bit of fine old CLnls,o ~.
early ROEen as the millionaire i ta4.,
of his tapestry or his embroidered c,r.-.
but today, although the average ,+,.iij5.'
man or woman spends between rv-, ari
three hours daily in the COMPANY ~ ~,
potters handiwork, comparatireIv rtt.
attention is bestowed upon it. exrpor gv
the student of art or history.
To one who will search for it, taqra j.
4 deal of history baked into porraloios
along with the clays and glazes That a,
to make it. Porcelain, it is pretty ra3.
orally agreed, was first made in C5ina
about 200 3. G.. 1t reached its hiobagt
perfection in the Fifteenth century ia.
clined during the Sixteenth, then avner;.
enced a renaissance in the Seyenrpenf5
ceitury, and finally reached a point n
decadence during the last half of the
Eighteenth century.
In Europe the first attempt 10 imitata
the marvels of Chinese porcelain was
made by the Florentines in the last half
OF the Sixteenth century. From Flor.
ence the craze spread to France where
about century later, Chinese porcelain
was successfully initiated at Rouen. Or.
leans and st. Cloud At Chantilly porca.
lain works were founded a little latar.
under the patronage of Louis Henri
Prince de Condo, and, their products Ell
listing the interest of the King tla
Dauphin and Nine. de PompaG0g7.
Chantilly porcelain became the rage, M.
TIL III 1896, the plant was gretly extend
ed and removed to Sevres. Five wear,
atterward the King became the sole pro-
prietor.
Side by side with the famous Sevre,
productions grew up the POuyat porce.
lains, founded by Pierre Pouyat. man
of considerable importance even befar.
he undertook the manufacture of faipnce
at st. IrieX in 1850. The discovery "a
France of beds of kaloin. the necessary
ingredient of hard porcelain, about 176S
gave great impetus to the manufacture
of porcelain. NJ. Pouyat immediateF
bought big tracts of it and opened q new
factory in Paris. In the papers Of Mm1
du Barry one may find the receipt fox
10000 livres about $4,000 for a iif'
size porcelain bust made in the Paris
factory of NJ. Pouyat.
The French are wonderfully tenacious
of their arts. When NJ. Pouyat diei he
left his porcelain business to his son,
who in 1880 was decorated with the
cross of the Legion of Honor for BIZ
valuable services to French ceramic ar.
When, six years later. he died, az t,e
age of eighty-siX, he in turn left the fam
lily art and craft to his son, who had lon!
been his partner and collaboration, All
he handed down the pouyat interests.
now grown to be very great to his three
sons, Emile, Louis and Eugene
Resides the white table ware for 8l.c
the Pouyat factories are famous, there Is
famous speciality in blue. known as M
derglaze Sevres blue Monumental pieces
are also within their range. rs witness
a series of Corinthian capitals tor
church in Limoges.
But France is the home Of pottery.
Town after town is identified with Chs
or that great pottery, whose unconSHe.'
ed experiments are now boarded II nj
seums or private art collections. To i,.
cover such. to feast upon them ana y
possible to possess himself OF heFSe-
of them. is one of the joys Of the late.
of ceramics which the world at large t
tie gueSses. New York Tribune