CHAPTER I
THE EARLY HISTORY OF
THE COPENHAGEN FACTORY
THE FOURNIER PERIOD
SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN
(1760-1766)
CHAPTER I
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE COPENHAGEN FACTORY
THE FOURNIER PERIOD
(1760-1766)
Establishment of porcelain factories in Europe—The German School and the French School—Hard paste—Soft paste—The new ceramic art—The great secret—The secret divulged—The first porcelain in Denmark.
In order to understand the initial stages in the history of the manufacture of porcelain in Denmark, it is necessary to review the peculiar conditions in which china factories existed in the eighteenth century. At the middle of the century there were two great schools, the German and the French. The former made hard or true porcelain according to the formula of Meissen, and the latter made soft or artificial porcelain in the manner of St. Cloud.