A guide through the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, and an epitome of the history of pottery and porcelain with the marks on Worcester porcelain (1878)
Royal Porcelain Works (Worcester, England) · Worcester : The Works · leaf 32
BISCUIT PLACING HOUSE. This shrinkage or contraction to which we have alluded is one of the most important changes, as well as one of the greatest difficulties encountered in the art of pottery. The change will be more or less, according to the materials used and the process employed in making.… … Biscuit Kiln Placing House. in the model accordingly, the design being fashioned so much larger than it is actually required. The shrinkage from the original model to the finished object being sometimes equal to 25 per cent. * The shrinkage arises from two causes ; first, from the loss of water…
Worcester porcelain · Pottery · Porcelain
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