Collections Towards a History of Pottery and Porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: With a Description of the Manufacture, a Glossary, and a List of Monograms
Collections Towards a History of Pottery and Porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: With a Description of the Manufacture, a Glossary, and a List of Monograms
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...raised to the rank of an episcopal the present Director. city until 1752, but had been previously t See Glossary, " Lithophane," and governed by its own Prince Abbots. Palace, and able artists were procured from other states to decorate the porcelain, which was brought to great perfection both as regards the goodness ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...raised to the rank of an episcopal the present Director. city until 1752, but had been previously t See Glossary, " Lithophane," and governed by its own Prince Abbots. Palace, and able artists were procured from other states to decorate the porcelain, which was brought to great perfection both as regards the goodness of the material and external decoration of the pieces, being generally of a very quaint style, such as the coffee-pot (Fig. 6i). The products of this manufactory consisted of figures, medallions, and other fine articles, but principally of mugs, tea, and dinner-services for the use of the Bishop and his establishment. The expenses, which were great, were defrayed from the episcopal funds. The fuel used was very expensive, being composed solely of the best beech-wood, the cutting of which greatly injured the forests. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the undertaking would have answered very well, had not every one of the church dignitaries residing there, as well as their numerous relations, made free to take out of the manufactory the most beautiful and elaborately wrought objects, without ever thinking of paying for them. These causes induced the Prince Bishop Henrich von Buttlar to discontinue the manufactory; and in 1780 the moulds and all the utensils were sold by auction, and a short time ago the building itself, being in a ruinous state, was pulled down. Two marks were affixed to this porcelain, viz.: --FF., signifying Flirstlich Fuldaish (belonging to the Prince of Fulda), often surmounted by a prince's crown and a cross, the arms of Fulda. THURINGIA. It is a very remarkable fact that the porcelain manufactures of Thuringia appear to have originated in this country, and not to have been, like all the others above mentioned, intro...
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Fair. Illustrated by B&W ill., 12 colored plates one detached, green boards with gilt lettering and design, cloth on spine split along spine edges, front inner hinge cracked, rear hinge starting, foxing, previous owner name and date on front endpaper, note on title page "1857 edition is preferable"
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Good. London: John Murray, 1850. First edition, 1850. With 12 color plates and small black and white engravings throughout the text. Three quarter brown grained leather over lighter brown pebbled cloth, raised spine bands, marbled edges and endpapers, 381 pages. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, good hinges, firm text block, some foxing to frontis plate and title page, very minor foxing to a few other plates, pages clean, engraved armorial bookplate of John Tobin inside the front cover with a "bookworm" trade stamp at the lower edge, no other names or markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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