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 94
rt black with white ornaments. On theshield underneath the spout, are the three crescents inter-laced. A small ewer (Fig. 27), seven inches high, ornamentedwith brown arabesques, inlaid upon a white ground, with * These six pieces sold for the enormous sum of 12,248 francs (nearly 490?.)The Biberon… … Fig. 2J. Fayence de Henri II. Ewer. (Coll. Picaux.) was purchased by Mr. Webb, of Bond Street. But themost choice specimen in the cabinet of M. Preaux, was thecandlestick of which we give a figure (Fig. 28), and whichwas purchased by Sir Anthony de Rothschild for the sumof 4900 francs.* The surface…
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