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 75
m and colour ; for, with theexception of certain leaves, all were moulded from nature.The choice he has made shows that this potter was askilful naturalist, for the fossil shells with which he hasornamented his different pieces, are the tertiary shells ofthe Paris basin, and their species can be… … Fig. 14. PalissyDish. Reptiles &c. in relief. (Coll. Marryat.) The greater part of these pieces, particularly the dishes,or rather plateaux loaded with objects in relief, called pieces rustiques, were destined merely to be placedupon the large armoires and buffets which ornamentedthe…
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