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The remarkable story of a manufactory that had been lost but was found again 1

The Loosdrecht Porcelain Manufactory of the Rev. Joannes de Mol in the Netherlands 1774-1784 presented by SLOP ~ Stichting Loosdrechts Porselein HKL ~ Historische Kring Loosdrecht 2

• central part of the Netherlands anno 2006 3

• Oud-Loosdrecht anno 2006 next slide: anno 1734 4

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• ds Joannes de Mol 6

• the church of Oud-Loosdrecht • the manufactory at the waterfront (south) 7

• shovel digging 8

• manual digging 9

March 2000 found: two wooden foundations length 50 meters parallel to one another 10

• kiln foundation 11

the excavation site • green: the former buildings • purple: the present vicarage • red: the 18th century constructions 12

• foundation detail 13

• earthenware 14

• stilts 15

• support for fragile porcelain items 16

• various enamels (heated) 17

• dump-site of porcelain shards 18

• gazettes / saggers 19

• various supports for piles of saggers 20

• early ‘ lion ’ marking 21

• various lettering in Mol marks with painters initials 22

• container for mixing enamels (glazed) 23

• au verso 24

• enamel try outs 25

• utensils (biscuit) & pen for enscribing & sculpting 26

• support to hang items ready for glazing or decorating (biscuit) 27

• knife handle deerfoot (biscuit) 28

• man ’ s shoe 29

• whistle 30

• walking stick knob 31

• fighting lions (supported by claypipe) biscuit 32

• putti with dolphin 33

• number tags / try outs for enamels 34

• Dr. Wall mark ‘ C ’ 35

• Dr. Wall inside 36

• Dr. Wall mark ‘ C ’ 37

• Dr. Wall inside 38

• Dr. Wall / Worcester 39

• Dr. Wall inside 40

• English red stoneware 41

• English black stoneware 42

• Staffordshire crouch ware saucer & cup 43

• various borders / decorations 44

• Staffordshire crouch ware with flowers 45

• Staffordshire crouch ware various borders 46

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• vase (biscuit) next slide: detail of ornament 49

• vase detail of ornament 50

• sauceboat polychrome 51

• chamberpot yellow inside 52

• inkset laurel border 53

• lid underglaze blue 54

• unglazed flower ornament on biscuit 55

• slop-bowl with houses at riverside 56

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• detail slop-bowl 58

• detail slop-bowl 59

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• website www.slop.nl • email contact@slop.nl 61