The Production Of British Porcelain In The 18th Century

Porcelain is a unique contribution made by Chinese material culture to world civilization,which not only integrates business and aesthetics,but also is the first globalized commodity under the globalization trade in modern times.Have had a far-reaching impact on the economy,culture and trade of the East and the west.Porcelain not only has a great influence on the Western dietary habits and social life,but also played a great role in promoting the industrial revolution in Britain.Porcelain has always been a strong attraction to the West,and the royal Nobles were proud to have a fine Chinese porcelain.As early as the end of 16 th century,Westerners began to try to explore the secrets of porcelain production,but until 1708,Beteg in Saxony,Germany,the successful firing of the first porcelain in Europe,the mysterious veil of Chinese porcelain made in Europe officially opened.The British porcelain industry sprang up in the middle of 18 th century,the major kiln on the basis of imitation of Chinese porcelain,from materials,technology,aesthetics and other aspects of a lot of innovation,and gradually develop a national style characteristics of porcelain products,Worcester Kiln is a very important representative.This paper takes Worcester kiln as an example,the study of the production of British porcelain,mainly divided into the following four parts: the first part mainly introduces the founding process of British Worcester kiln,traffic conditions,production flow,main product types,market strategy and its relationship with the British royal family The second part focuses on the innovation and contribution of Worcester kiln in production materials and formulations,reveals the ins and outs of porcelain production in Europe and even England,and introduces the innovation of Worcester kiln in production technology.The use of talc formula and the invention of transfer printing technology is the most important Worcester kiln,the most far-reaching contribution to the British porcelain industry,not only reduced production costs,but also greatly improve the production efficiency of porcelain,is Worcester kiln to be among the forefront of the British porcelain brand of the core technology,Therefore,this chapter mainly revolves around the talc formula and the transfer printing technology these two technical innovations to unfold;The third part focuses on the diversion and innovation of Worcester porcelain in shape,clarifies its relationship with European silverware and Oriental porcelain,and examines how it can draw on the design inspiration from the past,and produce a batch of porcelain products with its own characteristics and originality;the forth part will turn to the mixture and innovation of the British porcelain decoration style,and give a brief explanation of the characteristics,origin and rheological process of each decoration style.In this paper,we will examine how Britons explore local resources,improve old recipes,introduce new production techniques and design new decorative patterns in the process of integration and innovation.Focus on the transformation of Western culture in the introduction of China’s advanced civilization,production capacity,consumption and aesthetic experimental ability.This paper presents the acceptance,consumption,recognition and imitation of Chinese culture in the western context of this era by means of the research methods of material culture and historical research,which provides some reference and enlightenment for the development of material culture and the development of art history.