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1751. Worcester porcelain works established at Worcester, England.
Foundation of the Derby porcelain works, England, by Mr. William Duesbury.
1755. Discovery of kaolin in Cornwall, by William Cookworthy, whose
attention appears to have been directed to the subject by a citizen 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 Sèvres.
Manufacture of porcelain attempted at Lowestoft. 1770-1800 period 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 Sèvres 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 Académie des Sciences.
1766. Kaolin was found near Limoges at St. Yrieix, in abundance and of
good quality.
1769. Hard body porcelain introduced at Sèvres manufactory.
1772. Porcelain of superior quality manufactured at the Shropshire potteries, 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 commen'ced.
1800. Calcined bones introduced by Spode into the paste of his porcelain at Stoke-upon-Trent, England.
1812. Inspection of the porcelain works at Meissen by M. Brongiart, on
the requisition of Napoleon I. The greatest secrecy maintained until that time.
1813. Nantgarw (near Cardiff) porcelain manufactory established.
1840. Foundation of the tile manufacture of the Mintons, Stoke-upon- Trent, England.
1864. The Austrian imperial porcelain works discontinued.