Romans, not only prove the early use of glazing, but also exhibit in the present day many of the noblest efforts of the potter's art." It is true that on the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman pottery a subdued and hardly apparent glazing was applied to the surface... The Encyclopedia of Ceramics - Page 2491902 - 673 pagesFull view - About this book
| South Kensington Museum, Charles Drury Edward Fortnum - Majolica - 1872 - 936 pages
...a fubdued and hardly apparent glazing was applied to the fur/ace of the pieces, but it is fo flight as to leave a barely appreciable effect upon the eye,...beyond that which might be produced by a mechanical polifli, and fo thinly laid on as almoft to defy attertipts at proving its nature by chemical mveftigation... | |
| South Kensington Museum, Charles Drury Edward Fortnum - Majolica - 1875 - 220 pages
...exhibit in the present day many of the noblest efforts of the potter's art." It is true that on the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman pottery a subdued and hardly...appreciable effect upon the eye, beyond that which nvght be produced by a mechanical polish, and so thinly laid on as almost to defy attempts at proving... | |
| Centennial Exhibition - 1876 - 558 pages
...exhibit in the present day many of the noblest efforts of the potter's art." w 5 < It is true that on the Greek, Etruscan and Roman pottery a subdued and hardly...slight as to leave a barely appreciable effect upon "Tht Grtat Hxhiiition. t*7«."1 JEWELRY. Gtrman CMtttilt Exhibit. \Tht Matn 256 257 polish, and so... | |
| Charles Drury Edward Fortnum - Majolica - 1876 - 212 pages
...exhibit in the present day many of the noblest efforts of the potter's art." It is true that on the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman pottery a subdued and hardly...but it is so slight as to leave a barely appreciable eftect upon the eye, beyond that which might be produced by a mechanical polish, and so thinly laid... | |
| Jennie J. Young - Porcelain - 1879 - 512 pages
...They are said to be glazed, although the glaze is so slight that, as Mr. Fortnum says, " it leaves a barely appreciable effect upon the eye, beyond that which might be produced by a mechanical polish." It is altogether a very inferior kind of glaze, and is supposed to have been made from an alkali without... | |
| 1882 - 780 pages
...frequent than glazing ; wkile the Greeks and Romans show a subdued' and scarcely apparent glazing, BO slight as to leave a barely appreciable effect upon the eye, beyond •what might be produced by a mechanical polish, and so t.hin as almost to defy any attempt at chemical... | |
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