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Volltext: Ceramic art : a report on pottery, porcelain, tiles, terracotta and brick, with a table of marks and monograms ...

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EXPOSITION AT YIENNA. 
Avitli the accuracy of detail characterizing the ornamental ob- 
jects, they must be extremely costly. They are very diffcr- 
ent from the bolder and rougher work on terra-cotta, designed 
chiefly for exteriors. One of the chief works, by the cele- 
brated Luca della Robbia,—reputed to be the discoverer of 
stanniferous enamels in Europe,—was the decoration, in en- 
amelled terra-cotta, of a room—a writi'ng-cabinet—for Piero 
di Cosimo Medici, about the year 1464. It was lined 
throughout, walls, ceiling, and pavement, and the parts were 
so perfectly titted together that it appeared to be all in one 
piece. It bas been suggested that the remarkable medallious 
illustrating the seasons, now in the South Kensington 
Museum, originally formed a part of the decoration of this 
cabinet, which, uufortunately, no longer exists, and is known 
only through tradition and the writings* of Yasari.* 
Choisy-le-Roi, H. Boulengek : Depot in Paris, Eue de 
Paradis Poissonniere 4.— Objects of utility and Ornament, 
in faience, "granite,” and " half-porcelain.” A great variety 
of objects are made at this establishment, and were on exhi- 
bition, such as articles for the toilet, for perfumers, pharma- 
cists, plumbers, and decorators; dessert sets, candlesticks, 
flower-pots, tiles for jardinieres, clock-stands, match-boxes, 
vases, etc., etc. They also imitate the faience of Rouen, 
Italy, Nevers, the enamelled plaques of Persia, and the por- 
celaiu of China and old Sevres. 
A round plaque, in Persian style, is remarkable for the 
relief of the enamel and the distinctness and brilliäncy of 
the cölors. It is ten and a half inches in diameter, and 
has a projecting annular support 'below, giving «reater 
strength to the piece without adding inuch to the weight. 
The basis or grouud-work is ordinary earthenware, of 
white body, glazed in white, like stone-china. The upper 
surface is highly decorated, with opaque colored enamels 
laid upou the white enamel covering the whole. There 
* Luca delIil Robbia was born in the year 1400, and is distinguished for bis meri- 
torious artistic productions in marble, terra-cotta, and bronze. The frieze of the 
singing boys, in the Museum of the Uffizii at Florence, and the bronze gates of the 
sacristy of the Dnomo in Florence, are examples of bis labors in these materials. He 
is supposed to have introduced the use of stanniferous enamels in Italy in the year 
1438, with a view to the execution of indestructible paintings.
	        
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