MaiolicaFortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward)
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Maiolica
Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward)
Majolica
We must refer to the large catalogue of the collection of Maiolica at
South Kensington, for notices of the less important establishments at
TREVISO, BASSANO, PADUA, VERONA, and some other towns: as also at MILAN,
TURIN, and NAPLES. In the last city, at the royal fabrique of Capo di
Monte established in 1736, several varieties of fine ware were made,
from a beautiful artificial porcelain to a faïence of high quality, of
which, however, little seems to have been produced.
In every large collection pieces will be found for which it is not easy
to assign any place as the fabrique at which they were produced. The
very interesting piece (in the woodcut p. 185) at South Kensington, no.
2562, is an example: it is of early date, and a certain oriental
character about the design would suggest the influence of Moorish
potters. Another such example is the dish, no. 2593, of the fifteenth
century and probably of Tuscan origin; we give also a woodcut of this.
THE END.
INDEX.
Alhambra, tiles and vase, 14, 75
“ vase, copy, 77
Altar pieces, ascribed to Giorgio, 114
Amatorii pieces, 64
Anatolian wares, 71
Andreoli, maestro Giorgio, 29, 36, 42, 114
“ his use of the ruby tint, 118
“ distinctions of his works, 118, 119
“ first dated piece, 120
“ “ and signed, 121
“ characteristics, 122
Arabic inscriptions, 16
Babylonian pottery, 5
Bacini, at Pesaro, &c., 10, 18, 22
Barbatina, explained, 129
Bartolomeo, 152
Bassano, 186
Beads, maiolica, 64
Benedetto, maestro, 177
Betrothal dishes, 30
Boccoleri, of Venice, their petition, 181
Bologna, 176
Borgo san Sepolero, 154
Botega, the meaning, 1
Cachan ware, 66
Cæsare da Faenza, 151
Caffaggiolo, 27
“ under the Medici, 43
“ usual subjects, 62
“ potteries, 88
“ characteristics, 89
“ examples at South Kensington, 92
“ name variously spelt, 94
Calata-Girone potteries, 85
Camillo da Urbino, 177
Campani, Ferdinando, 154
Capo di monte, 186
Castel Durante, 37, 127, 128
“ earliest signed piece, 130, 132
“ general decoration, 130
Cencio, maestro, 124
Chigi, cardinal, at San Quirico, 154
Chinese porcelain, imitations, 46
Ciarla, 152
Coffins, made of ware, 5
Damascus plate, 13
“ ware, 68
“ the name should be revived, 69
“ lamp, 69
“ two varieties, 69
Diruta, madreperla, 30
“ potteries, 154
Discs, on walls at Bologna, &c., 10
Discs, at Pisa, 18
Duccio, Agostino, 28
Egyptians, anciently used glaze, 3
“ turquoise blue, 5
Elizabethan “Damascus” ware, 69
Enamelled wares, 12
English reproductions, 50, 74
Enrico da Modena, 177
F. R. monogram, 170
Fabriano, potteries, 157
“ mark and date, 157, 158
Fabrique, the meaning, 1
Faenza, examples 23, &c., 40
“ origin of name, 61, 163
“ potteries, 163
“ earliest dates, 164
“ five divisions, 166
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