Excerpt from Spanish Porcelains and Terra Cottas in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America
The necessary conveyances are to be provided, and the expenses to be charged to his Majesty's account.'"
Riano gives a list of names of fifty-two modelers, painters and workmen, who arrived from Naples. The spot selected for the porcelain manufactory was inside the gardens of the royal palace at Buen Retiro, in the vicinity of Madrid.
Quoting from Riano: "Larruga, in his 'Memorias,' says that as soon as the building was finished (in 1760), china was made under the superintendence of Don Cayetano Schepers; the works, during his superintendence, proved very unsatisfactory, to his great astonishment, as the same process and workmen were employed as at Naples. Schepers attributes it to squabbles between the Spanish and Italian workmen. Sebastian Schepers, from 1783, a son of Cayetano's, tried various experiments with different clays of the country.
"The porcelain made at Buen Retiro was kept for the first thirty years for the exclusive use of the royal family, or to be sent as presents to foreign courts. Nothing was offered for sale until January, 1789, after Charles III's death, 1788, when Charles IV. determined that the china manufactured at Buen Retiro might be sold.
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