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1751. Worcester porcelain Works establishecl at Worcester, England.
Foundation of the Derby porcelain Works, England, by Mr. Wil
liam Duesbury.
1755. Discovery of kaolin in Cornwall, by William Cookworthy, whose
attention appears to have been directed to the subject by a Citi
zen of Virginia, in 1745.
Works established at Coxside, Plymouth, England, by Cookworthy
and Lord Camelford, about 1755, soon after the discovery of the
materials at Cornwall. Transferred to Bristol, 1774.
1756. Porcelain works removed from St. Cloud to S6vres.
Manufacture of porcelain attempted at Lowestoft. 1770-1800 pe-
riod of greatest prosperity. Works abandoned in 1802.
1757. Rockingham porcelain and brownware made at Swinton, on estate
of Charles, Marquis of Rockingham.
1758. Neudeck manufactory, Bavaria, transferred to Nymphenburg, near
Munich.
1760. Louis XV. became proprietor of the S&vres establishment.
Isleworth pottery established by Joseph Shore, of Worcester.
1763. Frederic II. bought the Berlin porcelain works and converted them
into a royal manufactory.
1765. Discovery of kaolin in France, by Guettard, who gave an account
of it in this year to the Acad'emie des Sciences.
1766. Kaolin was found near Limoges at St. Yrieix, in abundance and of
goocl quality.
1769. Hard body porcelain introduced at S^vres manufactory.
1772. Porcelain of superior quality manufactured at the Shropshire pot-
teries, under Thomas Turner, from the Worcester works.
1795. Pinxton porcelain works established near Alfreton, England.
Closed about 1812.
Wedgwood died.
1796. The “Marcolini period” at Meissen commenced.
1800. Calcined bones introduced by Spode into the paste of his porcelain
at Stoke-upon-Trent, England.
1819 Inspection of the porcelain .works at Meissen by M. Brongiart, on
the requisition of Napoleon I. The greatest secrecy mamtamed
until that time.
1813. Nantgarw (near Cardiff) porcelain manufactofy established.
1840. Foundation of the tile manufacture of the Mintons, Stoke-upon-
Trent, England.
1864. The Austrian imperial porcelain works discontinued.
