The encyclopedia of ceramics, compiled by W. P. Jervis, with much original matter now first published.. (1902)
Jervis, William Percival, 1850- · New York · leaf 272
ens are by far the best. It is rarely a second color is used, and then only very sparingly. The name of the ware has become a generic one for mat glazes, and its success has brought out a number of imitations. Mr. W. Ellsworth Gray, in Brush and Pencil, says: “Many competent critics regard this… … tricked out with designs borrowed from workers in other forms of art. It is simple and chaste, relying for its effect in a perfectly legitimate way on the superb finish of its surface, on the subdued richness of its colors, and on the ideas embodied in its designs. In this regard it is practically…
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