The ABC of collecting old English china, giving short history of the English factories, and showing how to apply tests for unmarked china before 1800 (1908)
Blacker, J. F · London : London Opinion Curio Club · leaf 16
PORCELAIN. The simplest, yet the most beautiful, china, oftentimes therarest and most valuable, is the plain, white, unglazed ware. Thesurface is a dull white, resembling marble. Thereal biscuit is that which was not intendedeither for decoration with a plain glaze, still lessfor decoration in… … Biscuit Porcelain—Derby. be carried. Then, again, the Bristol biscuit, as evidenced in thescarce, lovely, but fragile Bristol bisque plaques, showed bouquetsof raised flowers modelled in a delicate and masterly style. The 8 OLD CHINA flowers are those of the English gardens, and though both…
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