Fig. 145.—Harlequin.
Fig. 145 is painted in colours; mark, H. D. under a crown, in blue; height 6¾ in.
Thuringia. In the middle of the 18th century a number of small porcelain factories sprang up in this district. It is said that they owe their origin to a chemist named Macheleid, who discovered by accident a deposit of kaolin, and obtained permission from the Prince of Schwarzburg to establish a factory at Sitzenroda, which in 1762 was removed to Volkstedt.
Fig. 146.—Cup and Saucer.
Diam. 2¾ in. and 5¾ in.
Closter, or Kloster, Veilsdorf, or Volkstedt. The porcelain manufactory of Sitzenroda was transferred to Volkstedt, in Thuringia, in 1762, where it was farmed by a merchant named Nonne, of Erfurt, who greatly enlarged and improved the works. About the year 1770 it was carried on by Greiner. In 1795 more than 120 workmen were employed.
Fig. 147.—Teapot.
