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 250
150. Gray Crackle Vase. (T.-P. Coll.) iieigiit 22 inches. that each vase has a core of paste different from the surface paste, andthrough which the cracks do not extend. The most minute variety is called truite, from its fancied resemblance CHINA. 245 … to a trouts skin. The final glaze usually covers the cracks ; but on largeobjects the glaze sinks into them, and they are perceptible to tlie finger-nail. Blue.—This color was used by the Chinese from a very early period,and the taste of the West agrees with that of the East in admiring it,whether…
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