Dutch pottery and porcelain by Knowles William Pitcairn

Author:Knowles, William Pitcairn
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Pottery, Dutch, Pottery -- Marks
Publisher: London, Newnes; New York, C. Scribner's sons

DELFl" PLATE, one of a set of twelve, painted with the signs of the Zodiac in bkie by Sir James 'Jhornhill in 1711. Afterwards the property of liis daughter, Mrs. Hogarth, and later of Horace Walpole. Diameter 81 inches. Franks collection, British Museum.

Plate XLIII

DELFT BOT'l'LE of enamelled earthenware, painted in blue. Mark of Anthoni Kruisweg. 1759-64. Height 12 inches. Ft^tis collection, South Kensington Museum.

THE RISE AND FALL

came within the reach of all. Hitherto he had confined his efforts to borrowing ideas from the established art of others, whether silversmith, weaver of tapestry, painter, or etcher, and he had been most successful in imitating the wonderful imports from the East. But now his fancy turned more to things of domestic use. The potter's trade became popular—^gradually, of course. Several factories and many men continued to carry out the craft on the old-established lines. But prosperity produced competition, and even imitation. The monogram with which the artist signed his finished work became a trademark, and the name of the factory had to be added, or he delegated this to a foreman or licensed overseer, and a numeral was often added, probably denoting the number of the order.

Another cause of decline, owing to the double process of decorating and baking, was due to the fact that the skilled artisan was supplanted by a quite inferior workman, and new rules had to be made in the Guild of St. Luke in order, by means of fines, to rectify this evil. It may be easily understood that decorating on the unbaked clay was a skilful process, requiring a practical hand as

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