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KEEN-LUNG.
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at Worcester in 1751
porcelain manufactory ; but, seemingly,
this discovery was not made until a later date, as in a footnote
"
we are told M. Brougniart, however, states that this style of
was first used in the works. He also
printing Liverpool says
that the art of printing was practised upon enamelled pottery
at Marieberg in 1760." The reason given by Marryat for the
introduction of this system is of interest in considering this
"
matter. The idea of printing upon porcelain, in order to
avoid the trouble and of the oriental
difficulty reproducing
and other then in to have
patterns vogue, appears originated
with Dr. Wall, who was skilled in To him, there-
printing.
fore, is generally assigned the ingenious method of transferring
to biscuit ware, which is now
printed patterns (1857) universally
"
P. 401 : earthenware is effected
practised." Printing by
from The ink used is
transfer-papers engraved copperplates.
made of linseed oil, which is the vehicle of the colour, and
evaporates in the baking, leaving the colour on the piece ; and
so is it executed that a is in in
quickly plate printed England
eight seconds. In France the process was first employed in 1777
to the cameo heads in a service ordered at Sevres
print by
Prince for the Catherine II.
Bariatinsky Empress ; but it was
not in that until about 1808."
generally adopted country
Apparently, up to the time of Dr. Wall, the Chinese porcelain
was all so that it is not until the last half of
hand-painted,
the of that we need look for transfer work
reign Keen-lung
thereon ; and it is only in the under glaze decoration of the later
mandarin that there is of it to be met with. The
any suspicion
Chinese seem to have been cm as to all that was
quite fait being
done in ceramics in and it would that must
Europe, appear they
have known of the invention, and either made use of the
or set to work to hand the
process, laboriously produce by
particular effects of transfer-printing. Probably the latter, for
Mr. " With in
Winthrop writes : regard to transfer patterns
mandarin, I have again examined all my specimens, especially
those where the borders are of blue under the
glaze, resembling
the borders found the china
upon Fitzhugh plates, etc., and
cannot find a case of Even the
single transfer. ordinary
coloured mandarins, with of coarse Chinese in
panels subjects
gold, red, purple, and iron-red, have their borders beautifully
painted in blue under the glaze. All as minutely done, and