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PL A T E XXVIII.
MENDER OF PORCELAIN*
rTm^ware ik'fctcommon" iri|,<|flk|a; ttiat moft 'of th'e\ ordinary utenfils
i^of the hofteare madeJofU‘fV> difhes, clipsjars> bafonay flower-pots;-: in
_ fliort, whatever ferves for ornament ofcufelBBI
Porcelain confifts, principally;* oifo two kinds o f native; earth,, the pe-
»tun-tse.andthe- kao-lin-j; thefe are r ed u c edw a teW and p our in g to a
, doughy-confiftency,,’ after having been carefdlly freed" from all impurities
by repeated flamming and pouring off. -The mafs is then kneaded by treading,
in ord^r to prepare it for ,the wheeBcjij; rrlamd,; frOrn whence; having
received utsr^brm, it is taken and poliflred1. -t^bfcelairt is . varnilhed and
baked in .an-oven; then being paihtedtajnd-gilded,'jf is baked a fecond-time.
The utmoft attentidh .is fequiredoin the! baking, and it-is npt eafy to regus
lafe the proper degree o f be&t;/fince anyi alteration, in 1 the weather, having
ans immediate-effedt on the-*'fife, ‘fuel^ataH porcelain itfelf, influences the
pfbtefs.-
- This old-man is Working with - a> Shall,' drill pointed byjja diamond;
; thrbugh the holjgs«he introduces a very fine wire, Mid thus, renders the bafon
again fitfatfervicd m
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