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tile stoves and crockery. 419
Table 92. Production, Imports, Exports of China and Earthenware,
Imports Exports
Annually Factories Workmen Production kr. kr.
China China
kr. ware ware
1861- 65...... 2 524 945 000 195 000 132 000 350 1800
1866- -70...... 2 576 1018 000 132 000 76 000 4 200 18 800
1871- -75...... 3 996 2 093 000 199 000 96 000 2 600 44 000
1876- -80...... 2 1032 1 767 000 216 000 105 000 7 600 60 000
1881- -85...... 2 1421 2 445 000 245 000 243 000 17 000 186 000
1886- -90...... 2 1559 2 538 000 331 000 325 000 76 0U0 475 000
1891- -95...... 2 1539 2 734 000 652 000 369 000 73 000 394 000
1896- -00...... 4 1823 3 242 000 924 000 379 000 89 000 146 000
1901- -05...... 6 1945 3 568 000 990 000 386 000 10 000 64 000
1906- -10...... 6 2142 4 532 000 593 000 611 000 19 000 100 000
1910 . 7 2147 4 821 000 418 000 806 000 19 000 177 000
1911 . 7 2 209 4 757 000 422 000 911 000 15 000 204 000
1912 . 8 2 550 5 306 000 424 000 891 000 12 000 236 000
1913 ■ 542 000 1 432 000 17 000 228 000
from England, where the greatest supplies of good clay are found, and
from where also the coal for the kilns are obtained. Erom Scania (Skåne)
in the south of Sweden a good deal of excellent fireclay is taken. Felspar
and quartz are also found in Sweden itself, but most of the flint is obtained
from Denmark and France.
Swedish china enjoys a high artistic reputation and is exported in large
quantities, and the earthernware produced in Sweden is of the best.
The above figures testify to the increase in the use of china and earthenware in
Sweden which has taken place in the last forty years. At the same time as the
home manufacture has increased considerably, the import of foreign goods has also
risen and the home manufactures have to face this steady competition. The
difficulty in competing with the import trade is caused by the lower prices at
which the foreign goods often are sold, which is due to the specializing in the
manufacture possible in a country with a large population, partly to the variety
of models and patterns which are offered from abroad. The foreign
manufactories often resort to the dumping system and flood Sweden with the surplus
of their manufactures at sale prices.
Sweden’s export has, however, risen during the last decade, although,
unfortunately, it cannot be compared with the imports. The export of earthenware
goes chiefly to Norway and Denmark, whilst the export of better and finer goods,
chiefly of china, are disposed of on the continent and in America.
Tile Stoves and Crockery.
The first tile stoves in the country were made in the south of Sweden
in the fifteenth century, from where the manufacture gradually extended
to other parts of the country. Further particulars as to the history
of this industry are wanting until the seventeenth century, when the
manufacture was carried on both at Rörstrand and Marieberg. The
material used at that period for the production of tiles was plastic
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