topfer

Updated: May 29, 2025

Having obtained a skilled workman from Delft, he began to TURN porcelain with great success. He now entirely abandoned alchemy for pottery, and inscribed over the door of his workshop this distich: "Es machte Gott, der grosse Schopfer, Aus einem Goldmacher einen Topfer."

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance