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416 vii. manufacturing industries.
proof products is carried on at many manufactories in Skåne. The following
were manufactured from clay and slate in 1912:
Fireproof products....... 88 937 tons of the value of 1 665 000 kr.
Klinker > ............ . » > » > 1849 000 »
Total sum 3 514000 kr.
The export of fireproof clay in 1912 was 37 922 tons and rose in 1913 to
40 530 tons.
Workshop for Hand-pressing, Ghistavsberg.
Pottery.
In Sweden earthenware and china have long been produced and since
1911 at five large factories. There also exist a great number of small
works for the manufacture of stoves and crockery. Rörstrands fabrik
(present proprietors Rörstrands fabriksaktiebolag) is the oldest factory and
is situated in Stockholm. It was founded in 1726 and up to the
beginning of 1800 produced Delftfaience. In 1782 Rörstrand bought the
Marieberg factory, built in 1758 and closed down in 1788. These two
works made ware for domestic use, tiles for stoves, and fancy articles, all
made of red Uppsala-clay, covered with thick tin glaze. In 1820 the
manufacture of "Wedgwood’s "Queen’s ware", made of white clays and
flint and covered with transparent glazes, was introduced at Rörstrand,
but the results were not satisfactory before 1850. — In the year 1827, the
Gustavsberg factory was established at Värmdön (present proprietors
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