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Crockery & glass journal (1875)

New York : G. Whittemore & Co. · leaf 489

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-velopment of clayworking. The city of Seto, Japan, has a population of about30,000. It is a center for porcelain manufacture and was the first place in Japan in which a glaze was appliedto a burned clay. A fiesta is held every year inhonor of Kato, the man who introduced the art of glaz-ing-. The… … Fig. 2. of an oven to five or six ovens and produce enoughevery month in the home or factories to fill these ovens.The expense of firing is divided according to the amountof space occupied by each charge. Sometimes otherfamilies buy the glazed dishes, toys, etc., decorate themwith color (china…

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