He says that in mid-18th-century England, the richest families used imported Chinese porcelain, ordinary rich folk used silverware, and the common people used pewter or earthenware.
他表示，十八世紀中期的英國，最富有的人家用中國進口瓷器，一般有錢人用銀器，普通老百姓則使用一種鉛錫合金的白鑞器或陶器。