Lung-king (1566-72), porcelain of, 95 Lustre ware, attempted imitation by Chinese, 74 _note_ Lyle, Mr., on old Siamese porcelain, 173 Macaulay on china collectors, 61 _note_ Madeley, Sèvres porcelain copied by Randall at, 366 Magnesia, an element of porcelain paste, 12, 131 ---- in paste of Vinovo porcelain, 318 ---- in paste of Spanish porcelain, 324 Magnets, removal of iron from slip by, 19 _Magots_, decorated in _famille verte_ style, 100 Mainwaring, Mr. Massey, his collection of Dresden figures, 254 _note_ Mainz, elector of, and Höchst porcelain, 264 Manchu or Tsing dynasty, 96 Mandarin china, 114 Manganese-purple glazes on Chinese porcelain, 98, 147 ---- ---- in the San-tsai enamels, 99 Marcolini, Count, director at Meissen, 256 Marieberg, porcelain made at, 273 Marks on Chinese porcelain, 117-122 ---- ---- how and where applied, 117, 119 ---- ---- give little information, 119, 122 ---- ---- _Tang_ or hall, _Chai_ or studio, 120 ---- ---- allusive, descriptive, emblems and devices, 120-121 ---- ---- ‘canting’ devices, 121 Marks on European porcelain. _See_ under the principal factories. ---- on Japanese porcelain, 197, 199, 200, 205 _Marnes_, used in French soft pastes, 279 Martabani celadon, examples in European collections, 71 ---- ware, 64-65, 210 _seq._, 144, 173, 215 Materials of porcelain, M. Vogt’s experiments, 17 Maubrée, flower-painter on porcelain, 271 Mazarin or powder-blue grounds of Chinese, 148 Medici, Lorenzo de’, receives present of Chinese porcelain, 217 ---- porcelain, 236-238 ---- ---- only identified lately, 236 ---- ---- Vasari’s account, 236 ---- ---- decoration of, 237 ---- ---- composition of, 237 ---- ---- marks, 238 Medicine-flasks (_yao-ping_) or snuff-bottles of Chinese porcelain, 113-114, 140 ---- ---- of Chinese porcelain, used by Arabs, found in Egyptian tombs, 140 Meissen porcelain, 244-258 ---- ---- composition, 7, 250-251 ---- ---- first successfully made (1713-1716), 249 ---- ---- composition of glaze, 251 ---- ---- hardness of paste, and difficulties in application of enamels, 251 ---- ---- early pieces mostly defective, 252 ---- ---- ‘Dresden figure groups,’ 253 ---- ---- imitation of Chinese _magots_, 253 ---- ---- armorial designs, 253 ---- ---- flowers imitated, 254 ---- ---- attempts to make large figures, 254 ---- ---- effects of Seven Years’ War, 255 ---- ---- important position of enamel painters, 255 Meissen porcelain, early exported to Turkey, 255 _note_ ---- ---- marks on, 257 ---- ---- recent work, 257, 392 ---- ---- marks on, copied, 258 ---- ---- smuggled into England, 334 Melchior at Höchst, 265 ---- at Frankenthal, 268 Mennecy, porcelain made at, 287-288 Mica, an element in Chinese porcelain, 11, 131, 376 _note_ Mikôchi or Hirado ware, 193-195 Ming dynasty, porcelain of, 78-95 ---- porcelain, colour decoration, 79, 86-91, 161 ---- ---- ‘blue and white,’ 81-85, 95, 157 Minton, Thomas, 366, 373