Financial Losses and The End of Lotus Ware
The production losses of Lotus Ware were very high, estimated as high as 90%. Despite the heavy financial losses incurred by its high manufacturing losses, KT&K continued to produce Lotus Ware until 1896.
It is estimated that only about 5,000 pieces of Lotus Ware survive. East Liverpool's Museum of Ceramics has the largest public display of Lotus Ware in the world.
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