Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 148
ed. Through this coating designs werescratched, so that the red or yellow color of the clay beneath was visiblein the lines. This gave an effect of color without using paint. A leadglaze covered the work. These are now known as Sgraffiati, Graffiti,or Incised wares. Early specimens, supposed to be… … 108. Mezza-majolica Dish. (Fesaro? Castellani Coll.) It was not till the fifteenth century that the fashion for Saracen pat-terns compelled the Italian potters to attempt to equal them. Passerisays that in the fourteenth century the art made great advances in Pe-saro. The method of obtaining a…
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