Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 25
oft ; stone ware, Queens ware, and some other specialwares are hard. Soft wares are unglazed, glazed, andenamelled. The glazed or varnisJicd wares, as we haveseen, were made by the ancient civilized nations, as well asthe coarser terra-cotta or unglazed wares. In medieval andin modern times… … Fis. 6.—Gireco-Roman Vase. POTTERY stituent, which is derived from a decomposition of feld-spathic granite. Vitreous glaze (or glass) is composed of sand orother siliceous matter fused with potash or soda ; this isground and mixed with water, forming a liquid in whichthe cla}^ biscuit ware is…
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