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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 150

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scent-bottles,candlesticks, small dishes, crests,labels of wine-bottles, and minia-tures are the principal, articles of Battersea enamel. Thedecorations are chiefly small flowers and ornament onlight-coloured or white grounds enclosing pastoral subjects.Some have prints of calendars, and other… … Fig. 106.—Battersea Enamel.(S. K. M.) 132 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. Enamei^s of the Countries of the East. China, India, and Persia have been famed from earlytimes for their exquisite productions in enamels. Japanalso has made, and continues to make, enamels of greatbeauty. The elder or Cloisonne method…

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