THE CERAMIC ART
THE CERAMIC ART
A COMPENDIUM OF
THE HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE
OF
POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
By JENNIE J. YOUNG
WITH 464 ILLUSTRATIONS
Horace, Epist., II., 2, 8
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE
1878
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by
H a r p e r & B r o t h e r s,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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PREFACE.
IN writing the present volume, the author’s object has been to answer astersely and lucidly as possible the more important questions inconnection with the history and manufacture of pottery and porcelain,and to bring the results of recent research to bear upon some of theunsolved problems of the “science of ceramics.” The literature of thesubject is formidable in dimensions. Authors have divided the field intosections, and have in many cases presented learned and exhaustivespecial treatises. Notwithstanding the solid learning and criticalacumen reflected in their pages, their form and voluminous character,however, detracted from their value as books for familiar and speedyreference, and left the acquirement of a general knowledge of theceramic art a matter for wide research and prolonged study on the partof every reader and collector. The attempt has here been made tocondense the leading points of the subject, to arrange them after asimple and easily intelligible method, and thus to present in one volumea comprehensive history. No hesitation has been shown in drawing uponforeign authors. Many of the later developments of the art have alsobeen touched upon, and the results of the more recent efforts of artistsand manufacturers have been illustrated and described. In treating ofAmerica, the author has endeavored to convey some idea of its wealth inmaterials and of the present condition and tendencies of the industry,and to do justice to those who have laid the foundation of its claim torecognition in the world of art.{2}
The author has incurred obligations in many quarters for information andassistance. Mr. Samuel P. Avery, the Hon. Yoshida Kiyonari, JapaneseMinister at Washington, General Di Cesnola, and the many privatecollectors whose cabinets are represented in the following pages, gavevaluable aid both in obtaining illustrations and in other respects. Mr.Charles Edward Haviland, Mr. Theodore Haviland, and M. Bracquemondcontributed many valuable hints upon technology and the manufacture andcomposition of different wares. The dealers of New York, Boston,