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 35
to the different kinds of ware. The glaze is really a glass, which is so chemically prepared of borax, lead, flint, &c, &c, that when burned it will adhere to the porcelain and will not craze or crackle on the surface. . This glaze is ground very fine (being on the mill for about ten days) until it… … The Dipping Room. From the dipping room the ware is brought into the drying stove, where the glaze is dried on the ware. It is then taken by women into the trimming room, where any superfluous glaze is taken off and defective places are made good. From this room it is taken to the glost oven…
Worcester porcelain · Pottery · Porcelain
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