1754 - Food And Drink

Food And Drink

English porcelain production gets a boost from Quaker pharmacist William Cookworthy, 49, of Plymouth, Devonshire, who finds a deposit of kaolin in Cornwall (see d'Entrecolles, 1712). China maker Andrew Duché of the Georgia colony visited Cookworthy 9 years ago and piqued his interest in making china. The kaolin deposit he finds is the only domestic source of china clay, and in 1756 he will find the only domestic deposit of china stone (petuntse), the feldsparlike material that is mixed with kaolin to produce fine porcelain (see 1768).