Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Maiolica: A Historical Treatise on the Glazed and Enamelled Earthenwares of Italy, With Marks and Monograms, Also Some Notice of the Persian, Damascus, Rhodian, and Hispano-Moresque Wares
During the quarter of a century that has elapsed since the compilation of the historical introductions and special notices of potteries for the Catalogue of 1872, Important additions have been made to our knowledge by the researches of assiduous investigators in Italy and elsewhere, followed by the publication of documents and treatises relating to the various local potteries, and to the history of the master potters and artists to whom we owe so many beautiful examples of ceramic skill.
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