An example of the Baroni _fabrique_, in porcelain, with female figure handles, and painted with classical subjects, is given. (See Fig. 121.) On 21st May 1825, the old firm of "Pasqual Antonibon and Sons" resumed the works, the actual proprietors being Gio. Batt. Antonibon and his son Francesco; they continued the manufacture of porcelain until 1835, but all their efforts to sustain it were ineffectual; they could not compete with the porcelain manufactories of France and Germany, so they were compelled to abandon the factory. SPAIN MADRID--BUEN RETIRO. This manufactory (_Soft Paste_), called "_La China_," was founded by Charles III. in 1759, in the gardens attached to his palace, EL BUEN RETIRO, at Madrid. It was organised by workmen whom he brought with him from Naples. The early ware produced here consequently resembles that of Capo di Monte. [Illustration: FIG. 124.--GROUP.] The royal manufactory was taken possession of by the French, and the place converted into a fortification, which surrendered in 1812 to the Duke of Wellington. It was subsequently blown up by Lord Hill when the misconduct or perfidy of Ballasteros compelled him to evacuate Madrid. [Illustration: FIG. 125.--VASE. Height 22 in.] [Illustration: FIG. 126.--VASE. _With scenes from_ "Don Quixote." Height 17 in.] Ferdinand VII., on his restoration, recreated _La China_, at La Mancha, once a villa of the Alva family on the Manzanares; but this factory also has ceased to exist, at least as regards artistic merit. ALCORA. The Comte de Laborde, in his _View of Spain_, in 1808, says, "On ne fait de Porcelaine (en Espagne) qu'à Alcora et à Madrid: celle d'Alcora est très commune, on en fait très peu." In confirmation of this assertion M. Chas. Davillier, on a visit to Spain, saw an engraving of a furnace for baking porcelain with this inscription: "Modele de four pour la porselene naturele, fait par Haly pour M. le Comte d'Aranda Alcora, 29 Juin 1756." The works are also noticed by Don Antonio Ponz, _Viaje de España_, in 1793. [Illustration: FIG. 127.--PLAQUE.] GERMANY