---- ---- two systems, 118 ---- ---- how written, 118 ---- ---- earliest example, 119 ---- ---- those of Kang-he rare, 119 ---- ---- on Sèvres porcelain, 302 Dauphin, collector of Oriental porcelain, 230 Decoration of porcelain, Tang-ying’s principles, 112 _Dégourdi, Feu_, term explained, 26 Delft ware, early imitations of Chinese porcelain in, 224 ---- ---- competition with Chinese porcelain, 234 ---- ---- in England, 240 _Demi grand feu_, term explained, 59 ---- ---- glazes of, 98 ---- ---- ware of, 79, 106 Derby biscuit, or bisque, 353-354 ---- porcelain, 350-357 ---- ---- little known of early period, 351 ---- ---- sold in London, 351 ---- ---- degenerate patterns, 355 ---- ---- ‘old Japan’ copied, 355 ---- ---- marks on, 356 Dietrich, ‘professor of painting’ at Meissen, 256 Dillwyn, L. W., at Swansea, 367-368 Doccia, near Florence, porcelain factory at, 320-322 ---- Chinese white ware and Capo di Monte porcelain imitated, 321 ---- contemporary work, 394 Dresden, Chinese porcelain at, 161 ---- Ethnographical Museum, Chinese porcelain from various lands, 211 ---- Oriental porcelain presented by Grand Duke of Tuscany, 228 ---- collection of porcelain, 227, 245 ---- approximate date of bulk of specimens, 228 ---- porcelain. _See_ Meissen porcelain. Duesbury, William, 341, 342, 349, 350-352, 356 ---- and Longton Hall, 349 Duesbury’s work-book, quotations from, 350-351 Duplessis, the king’s goldsmith, at Sèvres, 291, 296 Dutch dealers supply Augustus of Saxony with porcelain, 228 ---- painters, Chinese porcelain in their pictures, 159 ---- trade with China, 220 ---- ---- with Japan, 183-184 Dwight, Dr., attempts to make porcelain at Fulham, 240-241 ---- ---- nature of the paste made by him, 241 ---- Lydia, stoneware figure of, 242 Earthenware, term used to include porcelain, 334 _note_ Egg-shell porcelain, 107 Egypt, Chinese porcelain found in, 158, 211, 212, 215, 216 Egyptian fayence and glazes, 33 _Eisen-porzellan_ of Böttger, 248 Empress-Dowager of China a connoisseur of porcelain, 115-116 Enamel colours on Meissen porcelain, 251-252 Enamelled fayence compared with porcelain, 73 ---- porcelain, Saracenic origin of, 87, 88 Enamelled porcelain of Ming dynasty, 86-91, 161 ---- ---- three classes, 90 Enamels, always superimposed on glaze, 31 ---- relation to subjacent glaze, 45 ---- on European porcelain, 45 ---- on Chinese porcelain, 45-48 ---- on Japanese porcelain, 192 ---- firing of, 46 ---- new sources of colour, 48 ---- ---- at Sèvres, 309 ---- on copper, influence on porcelain enamels, 88 _Encastage_, term explained, 28 England, how Chinese porcelain first reached, 219, 221, 223 ---- early attempts to make porcelain in, 240-242 English porcelain, rival influence of Sèvres and Dresden, 328 ---- ---- copies Oriental and Continental models, 328 ---- ---- three types of soft-paste, 330 ---- ---- royal patronage, 329, 335, 356 ---- ---- divided into five periods, 331