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The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation.
Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware plate with white sprigged reliefs. Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885 Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 [1] by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. [2]
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Northern Illinois: Historic house: Mid-19th-century period home: Elijah Iles House: Springfield: Sangamon: Central: Historic house: 1830s house with original interior, includes Museum of Springfield History: Elijah P. Curtis House: Metropolis: Massac: Southern: Historic house: Late 19th-century house, operated by the Massac County Historical ...
Vincennes soft porcelain cup, 1750–1752 Vincennes soft-porcelain vase, 1753 Vincennes plant pot, c. 1753 The unexpected deaths in 1750 and 1751 of both brothers Fulvy created a financial impasse [ 6 ] that was resolved when the King stepped in and made of Vincennes the object of royal patronage, though less than a manufacture royale ; it ...
Pair of vases, 1772–1774, Derby Porcelain Factory (V&A Museum no. 485–1875)The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer, based in Derby, England (disputed by Royal Worcester, who claim 1751 as their year of establishment).
Creamware is made from white clays from Dorset and Devon combined with an amount of calcined flint.This body is the same as that used for salt-glazed stoneware, but it is fired to a lower temperature (around 800 °C as opposed to 1,100 to 1,200 °C) and glazed with lead to form a cream-coloured earthenware. [11]
Until the 18th century, porcelain had to be imported into Europe from East Asia and was thus rare on the continent. The first European hard-paste porcelain factory was that making Meissen porcelain from 1710, followed by Vienna porcelain in 1718, the Höchst Porcelain Manufactory [ de ] in 1746, Fürstenberg and Nymphenburg in 1747, Berlin in ...