2024-7-16

西方人喜歡產自福建德化的白瓷，並稱之為中國白：Blanc De Chine。所以德國的梅森英國的鮑瓷器廠，最早仿造的都是德化白瓷。

十八十九世紀生產的這些老窯瓷器已經不好找，而且價錢貴得要死，比起它們的德化父本，一點也都不便宜。儘管梅森的中國白，白璧無瑕，一絲不苟，而鮑的中國白，略有雜質，並且和康熙德化白瓷比，都少了一絲韻味。

最近突然看到一套紐約大都會博物館托法國瓷器廠仿製的一套梅森白瓷茶杯和茶碟，可以說是仿得惟妙惟肖，如果不看底款，很難辨別真偽：

關鍵還是人家有一套八件，四個茶杯，四個茶碟：

要說有差別，還是有一點，等上手了才知道就是這梅森生產的茶杯，胎質緊密，放在手裡沉甸甸的，而仿品則是輕飄飄的。而且底款之上，有一個廠家特別的印記：

• CH Field Haviland is the decorating mark (trademark, identity) of Robert Haviland and C. Parlon. It will always be stamped on the back of every item as proof of manufacturer, sometimes alongside the pattern name, artists number, designers name, or pattern range (eg Mozart). Robert Haviland and C. Parlon have been using this mark since 1941 when it was purchased the mark from a company called  Gerard, Dufraisseix and Abbot which was derived from the original Charles Field Haviland company. Robert Haviland was the grandson of Charles Field Haviland.

• Charles Field Haviland left America for Limoges in the early 1850s to work originally for his uncle, David Haviland founder of Haviland and Company and rented a porcelain factory in partnership with his father and brother. Subsequently he opened his own decorating studio for porcelain to export items to the US and in 1868 purchased a porcelain manufacturing company. He married the granddaughter of Francois Alluaud and later took control of the Alluaud porcelain factory, one of the oldest Limoges factories. Charles Field retired in 1881 and the company became known as Gerard, Dufraisseix and Morel using the white ware mark GDM. The partners changed around 1890 and the company was subsequently called - Gerard and Dufraisseix and eventually Gerard, Dufraisseix and Abbot (mark GDA). They still trade today as Porcelaine GDA-Royal Limoges but of course the CH Field Haviland mark now belongs to Robert Haviland and C. Parlon。