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A history and description of Italian majolica (1907)

Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913 · London : Cassell · leaf 202

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concerns the date, for theCardinal died in 1693. His inheritance passed into the handsof the Chigi Zondadari. A memoir, preserved in the archivesof that family, informs us that in 1693 Marchese Bonaventurehad given directions that a potters kiln, similar to those usedat Pesaro, should be built and… … SIENA. FlG. I. Msii BY F. M. CAMPANI, 1717. Victoria and Albert Museum. ASCIANO 95 Marchese Chigi and his brothers. Nothing is known of theCentinale works, but in the villa of that name the state-roomswere, in 1719, still adorned with large dishes, artisticallypainted by F. Campani, and richly…

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