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The ABC of collecting old continental pottery (1913)

Blacker, J. F · London, S. Paul & Co. · leaf 209

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dings and figures. The true majoHca, tin-glazed, painted by artists whose names are given in the chapters following, has become almost priceless. On July 3, 1912, a Gubbio dish, 14! inches in diameter, the work of Maestro Giorgio, signed with his initials, M.G., decorated in lustred dark blue,… … LOMBARDY. Italian sgraffito bowl or cup on stem supported by three lions. The colour and clay cutting are alike remarkable. N. Italian I^ombardy or the Venetian mainland, c. 1450-70. Bought £20. Victoria and Albert Museum. realised the enormous sum of 2,700 guineas. That beautiful dish appears…

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