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Antique Dutch Pottery

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Holland
The Dutch, who excelled in the manufacture of tin-glazed earthenware, were less successful with pottery and produced few wares which were entirely original.
The earliest production of hard-paste pottery in Holland was that started by an Irishman, Daniel McCarthy, at Weeps near Amsterdam, in 1757. The raw materials were obtained from Germany, and resulted in a [...]