Miles Mason

Miles Mason (1752–1822) was a chinaman in Fenchurch Street who sold imported porcelain from China. When these imports ceased, he developed a successful replacement – ironstone china – which was then exported to other countries.[1][2][3]

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ Godden 1996, p. foreword.
    2. ↑ Coutts 2001, p. 153.
    3. ↑ Nichols 1822.

    Sources

    • Roberts, Gaye; Godden, Geoffrey (1996), Mason's, The First Two Hundred Years, Merrell Holberton
    • Coutts, Howard (2001), "Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century Britain", The Art of Ceramics: European Ceramic Design, 1500-1830, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300083873
    • Nichols, John, "Mr. Miles Mason", The Gentleman's Magazine 131: 474–475