China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)
Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 74
Europeans,in a word, whatever is not of a circularshape, cannot be made by the wheel.These are cast in moulds: the flowersand other ornaments in relief are applied,on the china, either by being previouslyformed in the moulds, or by joining theseparate pieces with the aid of a littleliquid paste.… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 5S Strong, as the paste is subjected to acommencement of vitrification. The china, after this first operation,receives, in our factories, the improperterm of biscuit, which indicates that ithas been twice baked, Avhen, in fact, ithas only been once in the oven. The biscuit…
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