A history and description of Italian majolica (1907)
Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913 · London : Cassell · leaf 298
of substance. The clays of the region are of excep-tional value in the manufacture of pottery. For the makingof bricks, bats, and saggers, they had a suitable red earth inabundance. For the fashioning of the ware, they used theargillaceous deposits left by the river Metauro. These were of PLATE XX.… … CASTEL-DURANTE OR URBANIA 129 two sorts: that of a bluish colour, called celestrina, was usedto throw and turn the vessels; the other, much finer andperfectly white, after having been purged of all strangeelements, well washed, and properly manipulated, wasreserved for the engobe, or covering, laid…
Majolica · Pottery, Italian
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