ctories were established at Copenhagen in
1722, at Rorstrand and Marieberg near Stockholm in 1728 and 1758, and at
Herreboe in Norway about 1759.

At the close of the 18th century the influence of imported English
earthenware was strongly felt. In Holland workshops were established for
painting the English cream-coloured ware with subjects suited to the
Dutch taste; and in Germany cream-coloured wares and _steingut_ in
imitation of Wedgwood's productions were manufactured at Cassel, Proskau
and elsewhere. The "Delft" ware of Holland during the 17th century was a
beautiful decorative ware, in which the Dutch painters caught
successfully the spirit, and often the very colour value, of Chinese
blue and white porcelain. Its fame spread over the whole of Europe, and
its styles were readily imitated by the potters of all other countries
who made a similar ware. Even the polychrome Delft, though not nearly so
beautiful as the "blue and white," is strongly decorative, and one sees
in the polychrome faience of northern France and of Germany more than a
trace of its influence. When this ware was supplanted by English
earthenware it was a clear instance of a ware that was technically
superior displacing a more artistic product.

[Illustration: PLATE VI.

Calaggiolo: 16th century.

Faenza. Casa Pirota, 1525.

Urbino. Decorated by Orario Fontana.

Urbino. 1525 (?). A plate of the famous Gonzaga Este service.

Faenza: early 15th century.]

_Collections._--For German wares the German museums are naturally
best. The museums at Munich and Nuremberg contain splendid collections
of the tin-enamelled and peasant wares of South Germany. Cologne has a
wonderful collection of the Rhenish stoneware, and Berlin and Hamburg
have good general collections. Copenhagen and Stockholm are especially
good for Scandinavian wares, and Zurich for Swiss. There are also good
collections of German stoneware in the Victoria and Albert and the
British museums, and in the Cluny Museum, the Louvre, and the museum
at Sevres; but there are no notable collections of the German
tin-enamelled wares out of Germany. The wares of Delft may be best
studied in the museums at the Hague and Amsterdam. There is an
interesting collection at the factory of Thooft and Labouchere in
Delft. The principal museums in England, France and Germany all have
fair to good collections of this renowned ware.

LITERATURE.--For tiles and pea