Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 385
a, once a villa of the Alva familyon the Manzanares. 219 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF OLDER SPAIN This factory of La Moncloa was founded in1816, and it continued working until 1849. Aspecimen of the Moncloa ware is reproduced inPlate Ixxiii. Outside the royal palaces of Spain, the BuenRetiro porcelain is… … Glass GLASS Small vessels of uncoloured glass, belonging tothe Celtic period, have been discovered in Galicia ;so that the origin of this industry in Spain ispossibly pre-Roman. After the conquest glasswas made here by the Romans,^ who built theirovens with a celebrated argil (potters earth)…
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