Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries: with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms (1850)
Marryat, Joseph · London, J. Murray · leaf 305
227 GLOSSARY.] ALCARAZZA. water-coolers of Egypt (Fig. 68)^ called hardacJi, are now made at Klieimeh, in Upper Egypt, in large numbers; and are so … Fig. 68. Water Cooler. Egypt. (Britisli Museum. Fig. 67. Alcarazza. (Coll. Auldjo.) cheap, that one is seldom used a second time. They are very thin, and are perfumed by placing a piece of gum mastich upon a lighted coal, and inverting the vessel over it."^ They have not varied in form from the…
Pottery · Porcelain
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