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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 62

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ticence shouldnot be attributed so much to the determination of retainingpossession of many secret methods and recipes, as to the slyconsciousness of having little to divulge that was not alreadywell known to potters. To disclose the simplicity of theprocesses he employed would surely have been… … PALISSY. FlG. 1.—THE TEMPERANCE DISH, FROM THEPEWTER PLATEAU BY FRANCOISBRIOT. D. 20 in. (Seep. 33.) PALISSY WARE. 33 was done at the time. The Peasant of Saintonges, as heliked to be called, had raised his station much above that of anordinary potter. Far from being the isolated and…

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