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 379
301 YASES. GLOSSARY, been still extensive, as lie mentions sixteen celebrated potteries in his own time. Even in tlie time of the Empire, painted vases were termed '*'operis antiqui/' and were then sought … Fig. 117. Greek Vase. (Dodwell's Greece.) for in the ancient tombs of Campania and Magna Grsecia. Suetonius * mentions the discovery of some vases of this description in the time of Julius Csesar, in clearing away some very ancient tombs at Capua. It is also remarkable that not a single painted…
Pottery · Porcelain
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