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vii. manufacturing industries.
and bone china. Gustavsberg makes beautiful artides of
Parian-porce-lain, usually reproductions of well-known sculptures, jasper-ware, and
scra.fittoworks in delicate colours. During recent years both firms
commenced the manufacture of sanitary ware.
In 1898—99 a new earthenware-factory (proprietors Aktiebolaget
Göteborgs ’porslinsfabrik) was built at Hisingen in Gothenburg. This factory
has in a few years succeded in making ware of good quality and all kinds
of articles for domestic use, and it enjoj^s a good reputation. In 1913 the
factory was bought by Rörstrand.
Specimen of Rörstrand Pottery.
Väse of Felspar-China underglazepainted.
In the town of Gävle a stove factory closed down in 1910, and it then
was rebuilt as an earthernware-factory (proprietors Gävle
porslinsfabriks-aktiebolag), and in Lidköping works were started in 1911 for making
felspar-china (proprietors Aktiebolaget Lidköpings porslinsfabrik). The
productions of these factories are rather too new to the market for a verdict
as to their quality to be given.
The raw materials used in thf Swedish factories are ""argely imported
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