China Clay
China clay was discovered on the southern slopes of Dartmoor in 1755, and was found to be an excellent raw material for the production of pottery goods. Working of the china clay started at Lee Moor in 1835 by J & W Phillips, but the cost and inconvenience of transport from this relatively remote location to market was a significant factor.
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Famous quotes containing the words china and/or clay:
“Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law,
Or some frail china jarreceive a flaw,
Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Water. Its sunny track in the plain; its splashing in the garden canal, the sound it makes when in its course it meets the mane of the grass; the diluted reflection of the sky together with the fleeting sight of the reeds; the Negresses fill their dripping gourds and their red clay containers; the song of the washerwomen; the gorged fields the tall crops ripening.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)