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PREFACE. IX

earthenware or faience upon which so much artistic care
had been lavished.
The famous Sevres has a which can be
factory history
divided into chapters representing different classes of
manufacture, and the marks and monograms of the
numerous artists who decorated this most delicate and
valuable are at considerable and
porcelain given length,
will enable the collector to trace to the date of its manu-
facture and the name of the decorator or gilder many
a in his cabinet.
specimen
The of
group English fabriques, commencing with the
famous Bow works, then with Chelsea and Derby, after-
wards amalgamated under Mr. Duesbury into the Chelsea-
the famous Worcester
Derby factory, factory started by
Dr. Wall, the Bristol and Plymouth works, also the much
sought after Welsh factories of Nantgarw and Swansea,
with others of less all followed the lead of the
importance,
Meissen porcelain manufactory. The fabrique marks and
many of the potters' marks will be found under their
respective headings.
The marks and monograms of the ceramic fabriqitcs
of the Continent and of England form a fascinating object
of collection, and the study of the origin or raison (Tttre
of these various marks is in itself a most interesting and
instructive hobby, carrying the collector into glimpses of
international and family histories which will well repay his
time and attention.