?Figure 1  Franz Anton Bustelli, detail view of a Chinese musician figure, Nymphenburg, Germany, twentieth
century after a ca. 1750 original from
the Nymphenburg factory. Porcelain. H. 4⁄fi÷¡§". (Hood Collection; photos by Gavin Ashworth unless otherwise noted.)
Figure 2  Side view of the figure illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 3  Back view of the figure illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 4  Sepulchral figure of a Bactrian camel, China, T’ang period, eighth century. Glazed earthenware. H. 34⁄÷™". (Courtesy, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, gift of James Junius Goodwin.)
Figure 5  Fruit basket, American China Manufactory (Bonnin and Morris), Philadelphia, 1770–1772. Soft-paste porcelain. D. 6‡÷•". (Courtesy, Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund; photo © 2002.)
Figure 6  Majolica fragments, Italy, fifteenth century. Tin-glazed earthenware. (Courtesy, Detroit Institute of Arts, gift of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner; photo © 1975.)
Figure 7  Back view of the majolica fragments illustrated in fig. 6.
Figure 8  “Mr. Nobody,” London, 1682. Tin-glazed earthenware. H. 8⁄÷™". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)
Figure 9  Harlequin figure, Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760. Soft-paste porcelain. H. 7‹÷¢". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)
Figure 10  Garniture, Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, Worcester, ca. 1770. Soft-paste porcelain. H. of tallest: 15‹÷•". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)
Figure 11  Detail of bowl, Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, Worcester, ca. 1770. Soft-paste porcelain. D. 11." (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation.)
Figure 12  Detail of one of a pair of gilt decorated lead glass decanters, England, ca. 1770. H. 11‹÷¢". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)

Figure 13  Dish, Netherlands, 1720–1740. Tin-glazed earthenware. D. 13⁄÷™". (Hood Collection.)
Figure 14  Tile, Netherlands, ca. 1700. Tin-glazed earthenware. W. 5⁄÷•". (Hood Collection.)
Figure 15  Detail of the tile illustrated in fig. 14.
Figure 16  Étienne-Maurice Falconet, Trump, Chelsea, 1745–1750. Soft-paste porcelain. L. 11⁄÷™". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)
Figure 17  Back view of Trump, illustrated in fig. 16.
Figure 18  Anthony Baecher, seated goat figure, Winchester, Virginia, ca. 1880. Lead-glazed earthenware. H. 6‡÷•". (Courtesy, American Folk Art Museum, promised gift of Ralph Esmarian; photo, John Bigelow Taylor © 2000).
Figure 19  Michelle Erickson, seated goat after Anthony Baecher, 1995. Glazed earthenware. H. 6‡÷•". (Hood Collection.)
Figure 20  Detail of the Chinese musician illustrated in fig. 1.