The ABC of collecting old English china, giving short history of the English factories, and showing how to apply tests for unmarked china before 1800 (1908)
Blacker, J. F · London : London Opinion Curio Club · leaf 25
of this ware, which the beginner should see, and•at South Kensington there are other specimens. The body, orpaste, of Littlers porcelain is rather vitreous or glassy, and,therefore, translucent. It bears a close resemblance to therougher Chelsea of the earlier period, but in nearly every case… … Longton Hall Vase and Mark. lumpiness under the base, caused by the heat in the furnaceacting upon the glassy frit. But the paste is not the main featureby which Longton Hall can be identified. The first is a brilliant blue, which must have been derivedfrom a very pure cobalt. It is very dark, like…
Pottery -- England · Collectors and collecting
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