Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 43
n the stanniferous glazewas coming into use. Both these plates are supposed tobe from the Pesaro fabriques. They may have been madeas wedding presents from the bridegroom to the bride, andare portrait dishes, with an inscription on the ribbon, withthe name of the bride, or some endearing motto.… … Fig. 19.—Plateau or Tazza; Caffaggiolo Ware. changing effect in colour. The outlines are manganese,and the flesh left white in the best pieces. The finest workexecuted in Pesaro came from the fabrique of Lanfranco inthe years 1540-45. The products of the Sienese potteries are worthy ofbeing ranked…
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