Art Potteries
- Author(s): Ovington Brothers
- Category: Ceramics
- Publisher: Press of Fleming
- Publish year: 1888
- ISBN: 9678000000149
- Number of Pages: 70
The appreciation of fine pottery has always been characteris- tic of a high state of civilization, and among all nations the collection and preservation of fine examples of the pottery and porcelain of their own and other countries has characterized the best artistic periods. The Greeks were great collectors of pottery, as the thousands of Greek vases still preserved amply testify; the Chinese have al- ways been eager purchasers of their own porcelain; the ducal courts of Italy were munificent patrons of the art, and gathered valuable and extensive collections of the majolica and Delia Robbia ware; the Palissy ware was eagerly bought by the French
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Copyright
ART POTTERIES
THE MARKS AND MONOGRAMS
DRESDEN CHINA.
SEVRES.
ROYAL BERLIN
VIENNA CHINA.
ROYAL WORCESTER CHINA
BELL PORCELAIN.
CROWN DERBY CHINA.
TRENTHAM.
MINTONS' CHINA.
COPELAND.
NEWPORT POTTERY.
DAVENPORT.
BELLEEK.
THE FIRST COURSE.
ENTREES.
PIECES DE RESISTANCE.
DESSERT.
AMBROSE POTTERY.
COALPORT CHINA.
RIDGWAY.
BURSLEM.
WEDGWOOD.
OLD SHIP CHINA.
DINNER SETS.
DINNER SET.
FERN DINNER SET.
"DAISY" DINNER SET.
"LEAFLET" PATTERN.
TEA SETS.
KAFFE KLATSCH.
TOILET SET.
TOILET SET
TOILET SETS.
ART ROOM.
LEEDS POTTERY
ART BRONZES.
WOOD CARVINGS.
PAINTED MATTINGS.
ENGLISH TILES.
FRENCH CLOCKS.
CAMEO GLASS.
CUT GLASS.
AUSTRIAN GLASS.
VIENNA BRASS.
POMPEIIAN POTTERY.
VENETIAN GLASS.
SILVER DEPARTMENT.
LAMPS AND CANDLES.
FINE STATIONERY.
POSTSCRIPT.
INDEX.