, 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. -^specimen 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)…
Decorative arts -- Spain History
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