At the end of the 16th century people were still saying in suspicious tones that they wished they knew just what porcelain was, for by now this thing which no-one understood--not even great feudal lords or connoisseurs--was no longer found only in the palaces of pagan princes, but on the dining tables of popes, monarchs and nobles.
直到十六世紀末，還有人以狐疑的口氣表示，希望能瞭解瓷器究竟是怎麼回事，因為這種包括偉大領主、珍奇鑑賞家在內，都還不明究理的東西，已經不只在異端王子之間流傳，也上了教皇領主的餐桌！