‘Aging’ of clay, 19-20
Alcora, attempts to make porcelain at, 324
‘Alumina’ Company at Copenhagen, 388
Alumina, proportion of, in hard pastes, 7, 385
Amiot, Père, sends china from Pekin, 52 note, 298 note
Amoy, export of porcelain from, 127, 142
—— stoneware made near, 166
Annam, porcelain made in, 175
Arab trade with China, 209
—— traders, Chinese porcelain distributed by, 210 seq.
—— writers on Chinese porcelain, 60, 209-217
Arabian Nights, Martabani ware mentioned, 216
Arabic inscriptions on Chinese porcelain, 94
Aranjuez, porcelain gabineto at, 323
Arita, porcelain district of Japan, 181-182, 193
Armorial china, 164, 253, 369
—— —— decorated at Canton, 114, 164
Arras, porcelain made at, 289
Arrow-holders in Chinese porcelain, 139
Assyrian and Babylonian glazes, 33
Augustus the Strong, collects Chinese porcelain, 159
—— —— his collection of porcelain, 227
—— —— porcelain in exchange for dragoons, 228
—— —— his taste as a collector, 244-245
Augustus the Strong, his ambition to imitate Oriental porcelain, 245

Bachelier, art inspector at Sèvres, 291
—— his memoir on the Sèvres works, 290
—— quoted, 294, 295, 296, 301
Bacon, John, modeller at Bow, 348
Barbin at Mennecy, 287
Barbotine, or slip, 19, 312
Batavian porcelain, 102
—— —— term how used, 223
Baxter, family of enamellers, 362-363, 369
Belleek porcelain, 374
Bemrose, Mr., on Derby porcelain, 350
Berlin, Meissen staff removed to, 262
—— Wegeli’s earlier porcelain, 262
—— contemporary porcelain, 389, 391
—— porcelain and Frederick the Great, 262
—— —— methods of sale, 263
—— —— marks on, 264
Bertin, the French minister, his Chinese porcelain, 52 note, 298 note
Billingsley, W., 366, 367-368, 371
Bing and Gröndhal factory at Copenhagen, 388, 393
Binns, Mr., documents relating to English porcelain, 357, 358
Biscuit oven, 27
Bismuth used in glaze, 374, 388, 390
Black glazes on Chinese porcelain, 149
Bloor, Robert, at Derby, 356
‘Blue and white,’ origin of Chinese, 75, 156
—— —— of Ming period, 81-85, 157
—— —— how distinguished, 83
—— —— of Wan-li period, 95, 157
—— —— Chinese name for, 155
—— —— Chinese porcelain, 155-160
—— —— earliest Chinese, 156
—— —— origin of Chinese, 156
—— —— Chinese porcelain, with hatched lines, 160
Blue decoration sous couverte, 43
—— enamel, difficulty of successful application, 99 note
—— —— used with famille verte, 101
Boccaro ware, made in China, 166
—— —— imitated by Böttger, 247
Bohemia, Northern, contemporary porcelain, 392
Bondy, Rue de, Paris, factory at, 313
Bone, Henry, employed at Bristol, 381
—— —— paints on slabs of porcelain, 381
Bone-ash in English porcelain, 329, 330, 338, 343, 372-373
Borneo, Chinese porcelain found in, 156, 209-210
—— Chinese trade with, 209
Böttger, his life, 246-248
—— as an alchemist, 246, 248
—— his porcelain at the Leipsic Fair, 247, 249
—— compared with other great potters, 250
—— assistance from Dutch potters, 250 note
—— the number of his experiments with enamels and glazes, 252
Böttger-ware, polished, 248
—— with enamel colours, 249
—— with brown glaze, 249
Boucher, his models used at Sèvres, 296
Bourbon, Duc de, and Chantilly, 286
Bow, fragments of porcelain found at, 343
—— nature of porcelain there made, 344-345
—— Craft’s punch-bowl, 345-346
—— marks on porcelain, 348
—— factory, origin of, 342
—— —— bought by Duesbury, 352
—— porcelain, 342-348
Brameld, Thomas, and Rockingham porcelain, 372
Brancas Lauraguais, experiments with kaolin, 305, 313, 378, 379
Brinkley, Captain, on Japanese ceramics, 194
—— —— quoted, 196
Bristol porcelain, 379-386
—— —— marks on, 380
—— —— colours on statuettes, 381-382
—— —— medallions with floral wreaths, 382
—— —— ‘cottage china,’ 382
—— —— glaze on, 382
—— —— hardness of paste, 384
—— —— great infusibility, 384
—— —— composition, 384
—— —— plasticity of clay, 384
British Museum, Oriental porcelain in, 53
Brongniart, director at Sèvres, 303
—— sells stock of undecorated Sèvres soft paste, 304
—— introduces severe type of paste, 307
—— his influence at Sèvres, 308-309
Bronzes, early Chinese, influence of shapes on porcelain, 57
Brown glazes of Chinese, 74 note
Brühl, Count, armorial china for, 253
Brunswick, Duke of, and Fürstenberg porcelain, 265
Buen Retiro, Madrid, porcelain factory at, 322-324
Buonicelli, director at Buen Retiro, 323
Burke at Bristol, 383
Burleigh House, early Chinese porcelain formerly at, 85, 222
Bushell, Dr., work on Chinese porcelain, 15, 54, 91, 153
—— translations from Chinese works on Korea, 171
—— manuscript, 61
—— —— quoted, 86, 138

Cailloux in French porcelain, 16
Canton, early Arab trade, 209
—— enamellers on porcelain, 108, 114, 164, 165
Capo di Monte, Naples, porcelain factory at, 318-320
Capo di Monte factory removed to Portici, 320
Carlos, Don, at Naples, makes porcelain, 319
—— —— now Charles iii. of Spain, carries his workmen to Buen Retiro, 319
Cassettes. See Seggars.
Casting, process described, 25, 354
—— used for Derby statuettes, 354
Catherine ii., her Sèvres dinner-service, 298
Caughley porcelain, 365
Celadon glazes, 42
—— word used in restricted sense, 64
—— of Sung dynasty, 63-65, 132, 144
—— origin of term, 64 note
—— early examples in European collections, 71
—— later Chinese ware, 145
—— made in Siam, 173, 212 note
—— Japanese, 192, 195, 197
—— old pieces in Japan, 178, 201
—— (martabani) in Persia, 215
—— earliest specimen at Oxford, 218
Censors, influence of, on Chinese arts, 74
Ch’ai yao, early Chinese ware, 62
Chambrelans or chamberers, term explained, 303
Champion, R., 375, 377, 379, 382-383
Chang, the elder and younger brothers, 65
Cha-no-yu, Japanese tea ceremony, 178
Chantilly, porcelain made at, 285-287
—— sprig pattern, 286
—— marks on porcelain, 287
Chao Ju-kua, his report on early Chinese trade, 210
Chardin on porcelain in Persia, 215
Charlottenburg factory, 389, 391
Chelsea-Derby porcelain, 341, 352-355
—— —— marks on, 352
—— —— new forms introduced, 352-353
—— —— statuettes made by ‘casting,’ 354
Chelsea factory, site of, 335
—— —— end of, 341
—— porcelain, 331-342
Chelsea porcelain, an early ware, 332
—— —— marks on earliest pieces, 332
—— —— Japanese wares imitated, 336
—— —— sales of, 337, 341
—— —— claret colour on, 338, 340
—— —— use of gold on, 338
—— —— rococo forms, 339
—— —— turquoise on, 339
—— —— statuettes, 340
—— —— models of birds and fruit, 340
—— —— marks on, 342
Cheng-hua (1464-87), use of date-mark, 82
—— enamelled ware, 86
—— porcelain of, 93
Cheng-tai enamels on copper, 88, 93
Cheng-te (1505-21), porcelain of, 94
Cheng-tung (1435-49), double date-mark, 93
Cheyne Row called China Row, 333
‘Chicken cups’ of Cheng-hua, 93
Chicoineau family, 240, 282, 284, 288
Chimie, in French soft pastes, 280
China collecting, ridicule attached to, 61, 243
—— origin of English term, 222
—— clay. See Kaolin.
—— stone (see also Petuntse), 9, 10
—— —— preparation of, 16
Chinese characters, varieties of, 117-118
—— porcelain exported to different countries, 50
—— —— influence of old traditions, 51
—— —— mistakes in early classification, 52
—— —— late origin compared to other arts, 56
—— —— survival of old types, 58
—— —— classification of, 58, 141
—— —— old native accounts of, 60
—— —— composition of early wares, 69
—— —— plain white ware, 141-144
—— —— unglazed ware, 144
—— stonewares, 165-167
—— trade with the West, 209 seq.
Ching (blue), Julien’s wrong use of word, 64 note
Ching-tsu, Chinese term for celadon, 64
Chini, Persian word for china or porcelain, 49 note, 222
Christian subjects on Chinese and Japanese porcelain, 133, 182
Chromium, as a source of green, 304, 309
Chün yao, early Chinese ware, 65, 152
—— —— numbers engraved on, 66
Church Gresley porcelain, 371
Church, Prof., on composition of porcelain, 5, 69, 241, 338, 343, 370, 384
Ciron, Ciquaire, at Chantilly, 285
‘Clair-de-lune’ glaze (yueh-pai), 105, 148
Clignancourt, Paris, factory at, 313
Cloisonné enamels on Japanese porcelain, 203
Coalport or Coalbrookdale porcelain, 366
Cobalt blue, sources of that used by Chinese, 40, 75 note, 92
—— —— how prepared by Chinese, 130
—— —— grounds of Chinese, 148
Coloured pastes, 40, 311
Colours used in decoration of porcelain (see also Enamels), 39
—— resistance to fire, 41
Condé, house of, and Chantilly, 285-287
Constantin, painter on porcelain, 271
Contemporary porcelain, 387-394
—— —— use of new colours and glazes, 389-390
Cookworthy, William, 375-380
—— —— search for china-clay, 376-377
Copenhagen, porcelain made at, 274
—— contemporary work, 388, 393
—— Japanese influence, 388
Copper-red under glaze, 80, 130
—— —— examples in British Museum, 81
—— —— of Hsuan-te, 92
Copper-red glazes on Chinese porcelain, 150-154
Coral-red grounds on Chinese porcelain, 115
Cornflower or barbeau on porcelain, 313, 355
Cornwall, search for materials for porcelain, 359, 376-378
Cottage china made at Bristol, 382
Courtille, La, Paris, factory at, 313
Couverte, French term for glaze, 31
Cozzi, makes porcelain at Venice, 317
Crackle ware, old Chinese (Ko yao), 65
—— —— Chinese, varieties of, 45
—— —— glazes of, 145
—— —— equivalent to Ko yao, 145
—— —— Korean, 171
Craft, Thomas, his punch-bowl, 345-346
‘Crazing’ of glazes, 32
‘Crow-claws,’ term explained, 29
—— marks of, on Japanese porcelain, 191
‘Crusader’s Cup’ at Dresden, 77, 152, 217

Danish porcelain, 273, 388, 393
Darwin, Dr., letter to Wedgwood, 378
Date-marks on Chinese porcelain, 82
—— —— method of reckoning, 91 note
—— —— cyclical, 110 note
—— —— two systems, 118
—— —— how written, 118
—— —— earliest example, 119
—— —— those of Kang-he rare, 119
—— —— on Sèvres porcelain, 302
Dauphin, collector of Oriental porcelain, 230
Decoration of porcelain, Tang-ying’s principles, 112
Dégourdi, Feu, term explained, 26
Delft ware, early imitations of Chinese porcelain in, 224
—— —— competition with Chinese porcelain, 234
—— —— in England, 240
Demi grand feu, term explained, 59
—— —— glazes of, 98
—— —— ware of, 79, 106
Derby biscuit, or bisque, 353-354
—— porcelain, 350-357
—— —— little known of early period, 351
—— —— sold in London, 351
—— —— degenerate patterns, 355
—— —— ‘old Japan’ copied, 355
—— —— marks on, 356
Dietrich, ‘professor of painting’ at Meissen, 256
Dillwyn, L. W., at Swansea, 367-368
Doccia, near Florence, porcelain factory at, 320-322
—— Chinese white ware and Capo di Monte porcelain imitated, 321
—— contemporary work, 394
Dresden, Chinese porcelain at, 161
—— Ethnographical Museum, Chinese porcelain from various lands, 211
—— Oriental porcelain presented by Grand Duke of Tuscany, 228
—— collection of porcelain, 227, 245
—— approximate date of bulk of specimens, 228
—— porcelain. See Meissen porcelain.
Duesbury, William, 341, 342, 349, 350-352, 356
—— and Longton Hall, 349
Duesbury’s work-book, quotations from, 350-351
Duplessis, the king’s goldsmith, at Sèvres, 291, 296
Dutch dealers supply Augustus of Saxony with porcelain, 228
—— painters, Chinese porcelain in their pictures, 159
—— trade with China, 220
—— —— with Japan, 183-184
Dwight, Dr., attempts to make porcelain at Fulham, 240-241
—— —— nature of the paste made by him, 241
—— Lydia, stoneware figure of, 242

Earthenware, term used to include porcelain, 334 note
Egg-shell porcelain, 107
Egypt, Chinese porcelain found in, 158, 211, 212, 215, 216
Egyptian fayence and glazes, 33
Eisen-porzellan of Böttger, 248
Empress-Dowager of China a connoisseur of porcelain, 115-116
Enamel colours on Meissen porcelain, 251-252
Enamelled fayence compared with porcelain, 73
—— porcelain, Saracenic origin of, 87, 88
Enamelled porcelain of Ming dynasty, 86-91, 161
—— —— three classes, 90
Enamels, always superimposed on glaze, 31
—— relation to subjacent glaze, 45
—— on European porcelain, 45
—— on Chinese porcelain, 45-48
—— on Japanese porcelain, 192
—— firing of, 46
—— new sources of colour, 48
—— —— at Sèvres, 309
—— on copper, influence on porcelain enamels, 88
Encastage, term explained, 28
England, how Chinese porcelain first reached, 219, 221, 223
—— early attempts to make porcelain in, 240-242
English porcelain, rival influence of Sèvres and Dresden, 328
—— —— copies Oriental and Continental models, 328
—— —— three types of soft-paste, 330
—— —— royal patronage, 329, 335, 356
—— —— divided into five periods, 331
—— —— contemporary work, 390-391
—— trade with East, 221
Engobe. See Slip.
D’Entrecolles, Père, his letters, how written, 126
—— —— reception of letters in Europe, 126
—— —— summary of letters, 127-136
European enamelling on white Chinese porcelain, 165
—— influence on Chinese porcelain, 109, 135, 159, 162
—— market, Chinese porcelain for, 163-164
—— porcelain, early attempts at manufacture, 235-243

Façonnage, or shaping, 20
Falconet, his models used at Sèvres, 296
Famille rose, 106-110
—— —— European influence on painting, 109
Famille verte, 98-102
—— —— with black ground, 100
—— —— relation to Ming enamels, 100
Favorite, La, near Baden, porcelain cabinet, 227
Fawkner, Sir Everard, and Chelsea porcelain, 335-337
Fayence, enamelled, competition with porcelain in seventeenth century, 233
—— —— practical disadvantages of, 234
Felspar, 9, 10
—— decomposition of, 10
—— how far equivalent to china-stone, 16 note, 251
—— pure, used in Danish and Swedish porcelain, 388, 393
Feng Ting ware, white Chinese porcelain, 68, 142
Firing of porcelain, chemical reaction, 11
—— —— systems described, 26, 191
—— —— at King-te-chen, 133
Fischer, Herr, at Herend, 271, 392
Flambé glazes, 42
—— —— on Chinese porcelain, 152
—— —— firing of, 152, 153