Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 (1878)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 189
liow certain kinds of earth were collected, and, after beingexposed to air and rains for thirty or forty years, were then fit to bemade into cups and bowls. Great quantities were sold in the city. For a Venetian groat you may purchase eight porcelain cups. 180 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Beginning of… … Fig. ^i.—Porcelain Bottle, from Egyptian Tomb. the year 1518, we are obliged to pierce into the dimness of the pastwith the aid of the Chinese themselves. M. Julien, a Frenchman, hascompiled from the Chinese writings mostly all we know, some parts ofwhich may come into this chapter. Jacquemart,…
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