"Is it
to-morrow that you plan to drag Theo forth on this crusade to the
factory, my dear?"
Mr. Croyden glanced up at the words.
"Yes, to-morrow morning. I shall take Theo down to the works with me
directly after breakfast," he answered. "You better get to bed early
to-night, son, so to be prepared for the worst."
"I shan't waste any worry about the trip," grinned Theo as they rose
from the dinner table.
It was a warm night, and the three strolled out on the veranda, which
overlooked the green of the country club.
"I suppose," Theo remarked, "nobody has any idea when pottery and
porcelain were first made in America."
"Barring out the pottery of the Mound Builders, the American Indians,
and the early clay work done in West Virginia I imagine our modern
china was first introduced into America at Philadelphia," Mr. Croyden
said. "At least records would indicate that to be the case. Between
1760 and 1770 potteries sprung up there and thrived so lustily that
Wedgwood noted their success and urged the English government to check
them lest they injure English trade. At these Philadelphia factories
hard porcelain with a good quality of glaze was turned out; also much
blue and white stone-china in the form of jars, butter-pots, bowls,
and plates.
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