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LEADER: 02188cam 2200421Mi 4500
001 ocn961852045
003 OCoLC
005 20210420225654.0
008 151207s2011 enka b u000 0 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)961852045
050 4 $aNK4485$b.F45 2011
082 04 $a338.2755094237$223
100 1 $aFelce, Robert,$eauthor.
245 10 $aSoaprock Coast :$bthe origins of English porcelain /$cby Robert Felce.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aCornwall :$bRobert Felce BSc(Hons),$c2011.
300 $aviii, 76 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 72-75).
505 0 $aSoapstone -- What is porcelain -- " ... For all the tea in China" -- A 'potted' history of early English and European porcelain -- The early British interest in soapstone -- Notes on early life in Mullion -- The first soapstone licences -- Dr. John Wall, soaprock and the lund connection to Worcester -- The rise of the porcelain manufacturers -- The Mullion cove soaprock working -- Widening the spreaf of the quarries -- William Cookworthy -- A Cottage Industry -- Worcester porcelain museum.
520 $aThe West coast of the Lizard, with Mullion Parish at the centre, has a rich and, until the publication of this book, forgotten story about the history of quarrying and mining of soapstone. the story began in 1748 and lasted for 80 years. Contributing in a major way to the evolution of the English porcelain industry at the very beginning of the industrial revolution.
650 0 $aPorcelain, British$y18th century.
650 7 $aPorcelain, British.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01071730
648 7 $a1700-1799$2fast
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