have given anaccount of the manufacture of this ware only one,in 1585, names the vehicle with which the pigmentwas laid on, to wit, not a brush but a feather;with the use of which the admirable vivacity andfacileness of touch are entirely consistent. This isparticularly noticeable in the large… … -PALE I.lSTRF, lllSH WrrH BI.IIE OUTLINE(XV. — XVI. CENT.) earlier work ; while the copper-red colour, increasingin depth and intensity with the advance of time, isthe sure sign of a comparatively late date. Thereason is that the earlier potters were more lavishof the precious silver metal, but…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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