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A history and description of the old French faïence : with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France (1903)

Solon, L. M. (Louis Marc), 1835-1913, Burton, William, b. 1863 · London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 250

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re coloured with light and dark yellow, a faint purple, and apale green, obtained by a mixture of blue and yellow. Occa-sionally touches of an opaque red, very inferior to the redemployed at Rouen, are sparingly introduced. In these poly-chrome specimens the painting is executed with great… … 9 & H ffi * ft tf ■— H co fa --i H ° 8 1 ^ a 3 MOUSTIERS. 91 To the same master is also ascribed the introduction ofthe grotesque style. The dishes and jugs, studded all over thegroundwork with comical personages and nondescript creatures,borrowed from the caricatures of J. Callot, or born out…

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