Royal collections : Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace (1900)
[England? : s.n.] · leaf 44
autiful objectswere made under the auspices and in spite of the allowed them to take two apprentices, who shouldbecome masters in time, just as they would if theyhad served under native craftsmen. M. Havardsays—This vvas a glorious emancipation, reservedfor a select number as a privilege of… … SILVER TABLE OF WILLIAM III. harassing restrictions of the old guilds and corpora-tions of art craftsmen. There could, however, be nodoubt that the clever foreign workmen introducedafterwards by Mazarin and Colbert must have ex-cited great jealousy amongst the native artists ofParis. These same…
