"The chartered corporations claim their exclusive privileges by royal grant, and on this plea they resist a formation, not considering, as Count Campomanes with propriety remarks, the essential condition of these grants, _Sin perjuicio de tercero_, or that nothing therein contained shall be to the _prejudice of others_, or injurious to the citizens at large." APPENDIX I CLASSES OF POTTERY MADE AT ALCORA (From RIAÑO's _Industrial Arts in Spain_) Towards the middle of the eighteenth century:-- Vases of different shapes. Small pots (Chinese fashion). Teapots and covers (Chinese fashion). Cruets, complete sets (Chinese style). Entrée dishes. Salt-cellars (Chinese style). _Escudillas_ (bowls), of Constantinople. _Barquillos_ (sauce bowls), Chinese style. Bottles (in the Chinese manner). Cups, plates, and saucers of different kinds, with good painted borders in imitation of lace-work (_puntilla_). Some were designed in the Chinese manner, and especial care was taken with fruit-stands, salad-bowls, and dishes. Trays and refrigerators. A document, discovered by Riaño, and dated 1777, says that in that year the following kinds of pottery were manufactured at Alcora:-- _Figures of Demi-Porcelain._ Figures of tritons. " of soldiers (two sizes). " of soldiers, one-third of a _palmo_ high. " of the four seasons (two sizes). " of dancers. " of tritons in the form of children. " with brackets. " of different animals. " of gardener and female companion in the Dresden style. Dancing figures in the German style. Figures of Neptune. " of shepherd and shepherdess. " of the Moorish king, Armenius. " of the four parts of the world (two sizes). " of peasant and his wife. Small figures holding musical instruments. Figures representing different monarchies. " representing historical personages. " representing the history of Alexander the Great (two sizes). " representing Martius Curtius (two sizes). " of elephants. " of a man mounted on an elephant. " representing Chinese figures. " of Heliogabalus. " of a general on horseback. " of a grenadier supporting a candlestick. Large figures representing Julius Cæsar. Figures representing the different costumes worn in Spain, on brackets. Groups of Chinese figures. Snuff-boxes, sugar-basins, inkstands. Rabbits, horns, and pug-dogs for holding scent. Small scent-bottles. Needle-cases. Large vases with foot and cover. Brackets. Walking-stick handles. Knife handles. _Figures of white Biscuit China._ Figures representing Spanish costumes (two sizes). Groups of two figures. Large and small figures of the four parts of the world. Figures of the four seasons (two sizes).