The ABC of collecting old continental pottery (1913)
Blacker, J. F · London, S. Paul & Co. · leaf 181
hem, and they frequently neglected them altogether in favour of scenes from Dutch Hfe or from the Bible. The occupations and sports of the people, their commerce, and their homes furnish evidences of originality which were absent in the older wares. Then, too, they imitated the Dresden decoration,… … DELFT. Sleigh for holding pipes, painted with skating scenes and floral ornament. subjects, as well as those relating to mythology. A notice- able feature is the immense number of figures crowded into some of these pictures. The great change in the decoration of delft took place about 1650, and…
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