The ABC of collecting old continental pottery (1913)
Blacker, J. F · London, S. Paul & Co. · leaf 246
176 OLD CONTlNENtAL J>OTTERV had devoted much wealth, so that we may ascribe the greatest progress to the period between 1520 and 1540, and include the next twenty years as continuing the excellence then attained at Castel Durante and other boteghe in the duchy. Not only did Castel Durante furnish… … CASTEL DURANTE. Plate decorated with interlaced oak-branches surrounding a medallion portrait. The oak was the badge of the Delia Rovere, Dukes of Urbino, and this style of decoration is called "cerquata." Bought, Bemal Collection, £5. Victoria and Albert Museum. the clay which made a finer…
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