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

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 55

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Ware. (S. K. AI. Faenza pottery is among the oldest in Italy, but little isknown of the early artists or potteries. Many pieces ofdoubtful origin have been classed as Faentine, but withoutany positive proof. 36 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. In the Cluny Museum in Paris there are a pair of phar-macy jars or… … Fig. 32.—Urbiiio Dish, with Urbino Arabesques. (S. K. M.) Casa Pirota was the principal establishment for the pro-duction of maiolica at Faenza. Many works from this pottery are in the KensingtonMuseum, and they seem generally to be the work of onehand, but there is no record of the artist. He…

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