A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors (1872)
Treadwell, John H · New York, Putnam · leaf 27
being deposited in the tombs; but the utmostexcellence to which the Egyptians succeeded in this art isfound in their vases, some of which are far from uncomelyin shape, although the decoration is crude and conven-tional, the colors used being chiefly brick red, blue andgreen, sometimes applied in… … No. 4.—Fragment of an Egyptian Vase. decorations, red on a white ground. One extraordinaryfeature of these wares is the enamel. A blue enamel ofcobalt, now unknown in the arts, is of such exceedinghardness as to produce sparks when applied to theemery wheel. This probably accounts for the…
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