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 114
o give greater strength and solidity to thepiece. Most of the larger pieces of Oriental productionare found to be thus formed. The red Japan ware is avery fine unglazed stoneware, and has raised ornaments, * M. Brongniart has added to the name gres the epithet cerame, in order to dis-tinguish this… … Fig. 34. Japan Coffee Pot. the Chinese musical instrument called a mouth-organ, fromthe collection of the late Mr. Beckford, is here represented. (Fig. 34.) GERMANY. Germany, at an early period, excelled in making finestoneware, of which that of the sixteenth century is un-equalled in quaintness of…
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