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History of the ceramic art. A descriptive and philosophical study of the pottery of all ages and all nations (1877)

Jacquemart, Albert, 1808-1875, Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Catenacci, H, Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand, 1837-1880 · New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 289

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M. 1. On the threshold of the sixteenth century, when majolica has takenits place among the furniture of palaces; when gigantic dishes andvases of rich forms are paraded upon sculptured sideboards, dressoirs,the Florentine potters boldly meet the greatest technical difficulties;their brilliant warm… … RENAISSANCE—ITAL Y—MAJOLICA. 249 partial grounds, in arabesques and borders, with the most marvellouseffect (Fig. 78). The escutcheons shine out in the midst of this pompof decoration and colour, and show their varied charges, their metalsclearly expressed; or represented by a yellow as glittering…

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