Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 48
this kind of design. The ground-work of this piece is blue, parts of the decoration aregreen, and other parts ruby, while all of the decoration is POTTERY. 29 lustred. The back of this piece is covered with a yellowlead glaze, which seems to be the case with many examplesof maiolica. Probably it… … Fig. 26.—The Stream of Life; Tazza by M°- Giorgio. lustres. It is embossed, and has been made from a mould,and is an unsurpassed example of the famous Gubbiolustre. INIr. Fortnum thinks that Giorgio obtained thesecret of the ruby lustre from an artist that formerlyworked at the Gubbio fabrique, and…
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