Marks and monograms on pottery & porcelain of the renaissance and modern periods, with historical notices of each manufactory, preceded by an introductory essay on the vasa fictilia of the Greek, Romano-British, and mediæval eras; and an appendix containing a brief history of the country of Japan and its keramic manufactures, &c., &c. (1876)
I20 MAIOLICA — FAENZA. Faenza. This letter, B with a paraphe, is on the back of a plate, with flowers, &c. On the front are arabesques and scrolls (sopra azurro) en grisaille, in the centre a cherub, and dated 1520. Probably the mark of Baldesaro, of Faenza. … Faenza. Mr. Fortnum says, "This mark and early date 1482 is on the face of one 7 of 17 plates of a service by the same hand, in the Correr Museum at Venice, representing Solomon adoring the idols ; they are of remarkable beauty. Signor Lazari read this monogram as composed of the letters G.I.O.,…
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