Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 225
lled on the tops of the handles (Fig.171). 206 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. The silver, gold, and bronze work in Queen Elizabethstime in England was made in the style of the Renais-sance, like that of Germany. Italian and German workat this time was almost identical (Figs. 172 and 173); andeven when the… … Fig. 172.—Silver-gilt German Cup; Sixteenth Century. pottery, furniture, and other decorative art. Of course, atthe latter end of the seventeenth and during the eighteenthcentury, the design in metal work in France, and also inEngland, was sacrificed to display and ostentation ; but atthe same time…
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