Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain, in the Museum of Practical Geology (1893)
Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain) · London : Printed for H.M. Stationary Office, by Eyre and Spottiswood, sold only at the Museum · leaf 73
on a Majolica plate, which also bears an inscriptionwith the placH and date of manufacture; Fabriano. 1527.Specimens of this manufacture are extremely rare. The plate, (A 98, ofSiena mamifacture, isan example of Majolicaware of rather later datethan the pieces previous-ly noticed. It is orna-mented… … E 2 54 BRITISH rOTTERV AND TOUCELAIN. enamels wore oiiij^loytMl. Bernard Palissy was bom of poorparents at La Chapolle Jiiron, in Porigord, about- tlie year 1510.He was a most enter|)rising man, and while working at glass-painting and land-surveying for a subsistence, studied geology,chemistry, and…
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