A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France (1903)
Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913, Burton, William, 1863- · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and Co., ltd. · leaf 57
was fortuitouslyshown to him; so deeply was he impressed by the beauty of thematerial that he resolved at once to try what he could do todiscover the secret of its composition, and to take no rest until hehad succeeded in producing vases equally beautiful. Of thepiece that bound him, so to speak,… … PALISSY WARE. 31 that it was probably a specimen of Italian majolica; anassumption that camiot be entertained for one moment.Examples of stanniferous faience were not uncommon in Franceat that period, and he must certainly have seen many of themin the course of his travels. To enamel a piece of…
Pottery
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