Ripley, Mary Churchill · Syracuse, N.Y. : Keramic Studio Pub. Co. · leaf 16
l prepare the way for further study ofdetail in decoration. [12] And here is the chief charm about things Oriental, theobjects mean so much. Each was originally made for a pur-pose, to supply a need. We have decorations in blue uponwhite porcelains illustrative of religions, mythological,… … Specimen of blue and white Hawthorn, called Ascending Stem Haw-thorn. In Hawthorn decoration the flower is left uncolored, and thebackground is filled in with mottled blue, which is crossed or hatchedwith a dark color, to represent cracks in thin ice, upon which the whitel)lossoms have fallen.…
Pottery · Porcelain · Blue
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