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During the course of the eighteenth century numerous glasshouses came up and went. The greatest demands in America would be for the window-glass and for bottles. The immigrants owned most of the American glasshouses from Germans and the England who brough...More

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72. History and Types of Porcelain

Here we will be learning more about the history of porcelain. What are its ingredients, how is it prepared, and what are its uses. Porcelain has become one of the most common wares in the modern days....More

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73. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain - Great Progress in Style and Design

Ching-te-chen, the southwestern of Nankin, became a centre of manufacturing porcelain in the fourteenth during the Ming dynasty. These products of porcelain spread the fame of China throughout the civilized world exporting them to western countries. Let u...More

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74. History, Uses and Value of Silver

The noble metal as the silver is known has been used in many ways as coins or jewelry. To protect from fraud a system of Hallmarking was first done in London as long ago in the year 1300. Many changes had taken place in the marking history of silver....More

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75. The Best of Austria Porcelain

There have been no details of the historical records of the porcelain development in Austria. Their manufactories were established with the help of people who ran away from Dresden....More

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76. The Best Carvers of Ivory

IVORY has been used for making works of art from Biblical times onwards. The comparative ease with which it can be manipulated and its durable nature has always attracted craftsmen of all nations, and the latter quality has led to the preservation of a su...More

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77. How to Identify the Marked Potteries

It is very difficult to identify potteries and their maker due to the non-availability of their names or only signature, which are very difficult to identify for the collectors. Wine bottles are one of the easiest one to identify with their dates and name...More

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78. Some Decorating Metals for Porcelain

Here we are going to look at the details of enamels. What is enamels and what are its uses and what is its story. The different types of enamels will be looked and their uses as well....More

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79. Types of Stones and Their Characteristics

There are some jade and stones that we know very less about them. The natives of New Zealand sometimes use these stones for making figures of human and even articles like axe-head. These stones had never failed to surprise and delight the craftsmen and co...More

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80. Iron and Steel in Different Countries

The progress in iron and steel gave new ideas of firearms where Samuel Colt the inventor of automatic revolver during the nineteenth century played an important part....More

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