"The Europeans of those days really would have liked very much to imitate Chinese porcelain," says Robert Copeland, resident historian at England's Spode pottery. He notes that at that time English potteries like Worcester even used bogus "Chinese characters" in their trademarks.
「當時的歐洲人的確很想模仿中國瓷器」，英國史玻德陶瓷公司駐廠歷史學者寇布瀾先生指出，像英國伍斯特陶瓷廠，當年連商標用的都是橫七豎八的「中文字」。