If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own ...

In the first half of the 19th century, the British government faced an economic problem. Imports of tea, porcelain and silk from China had created a large trade imbalance. One product that the ...

Early 19th century sauce boat decorated with blue and ... copies of the blue-and-white porcelain imported into England from China during the last half of the eighteenth century.