Inside Out Library · Explore

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 41

An illustration from Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors, 1878, leaf 41
h a thick white stannifer-ous enamel, and decorated with figuresand hieroglyphs in purple. There aresmaller vases in our collection, ampho-ra-shaped, of the same material, meas-uring from four to six inches in height.Cups and bowls were formed of it, onwhich figures were painted in colorgenerally… … 9. Fragment of Egyptian Vase. White en-amel ; figures, etc., purple. (T.-P. Coll.) EGYPT. 37 on papyrus. The beauty of the enamel on these objects has been theenvy of potters in modern times. The bhie has never been surpassed,if, indeed, it has ever been eqiTalled. Objects three thousand years…

Pottery -- History · Pottery -- Marks · Pottery -- Collectors and collecting

Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors

More like this