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A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors (1872)

Treadwell, John H · New York, Putnam · leaf 128

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Y. 123 Figure painting, after Watteau, was another form ofdecoration very extensively employed ; in fact most of thedecorated pieces met are of this character, often accom-panied by flowers and vines in high and very delicate re-lief. After 1806 the general character of the Dresdenporcelain… … No. 22.—A Dresden Plate.(With open-work border. Decoration copied from Wouvermann. In possession ofMr. E. A. Ward.) OTHER GERMAN PORCELAINS. Vienna, like all the German porcelain-manufacturingtowns, derived her art from Dresden. It was brought toher by an escaped foreman from the Dresden works.…

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