XXXI. MEISSEN porcelain. Hexagonal vase with cover (H. 12 in.). Floral
design in coloured enamels of the Kakiyemon style. Mark, the crossed
swords in blue. 1730-50. Franks collection (Bethnal Green)......(_To
face p. 253._)
XXXII. (1) MEISSEN porcelain. Plate with wavy edge (diam. 9 in.).
Claret border with gold sprigs. Humming-bird in centre. Mark, the
crossed swords with dot in blue. 1763-74, in imitation of Chelsea
ware. Victoria and Albert Museum, ex Bernal collection.
(2) LUDWIGSBURG porcelain. Plate (diam. 9¼ in.). Scrolls in low relief
in white round margin; scattered flowers in lilac _camaïeu_. Mark,
double C under crown, for Carl, Duke of Würtemberg. 1760-70. Victoria
and Albert Museum......(_To face p. 266._)
XXXIII. (1) ROUEN porcelain. Cup (H. 3¼ in.). Conventional design, in
dark blue under glaze, in style of seventeenth century. Thin and very
translucent body. Probably before 1700. Fitzhenry collection.
(2) SAINT-CLOUD porcelain. Ewer with cover (H. 7¾ in.). Scale pattern
in relief. Celadon glaze of sagy-green tint. Mounted with thumb-piece
and rim of engraved silver. _Circa_ 1700. Fitzhenry collection.
(3) SAINT-CLOUD porcelain. Ewer with cover (H. 5¼ in.). Conventional
design, in blue under glaze, in style of seventeenth century. _Circa_
1700. Fitzhenry collection. .....(_To face p. 282._)
XXXIV. CHANTILLY porcelain. Two cylindrical vases with covers (H. 7
in.). Rims mounted in silver (one gilt). Enamelled over the glaze
in the Kakiyemon style-Chinese landscape and boys playing. Mark,
hunting-horn in red. _Circa_ 1730-40. Fitzhenry collection. .....(_To
face p. 286._)
XXXV. (1) SÈVRES, white biscuit-ware (H. 6½ in.). Young girl seated
with a _sabot_ in her lap, a child crouching beside her. Mark, F
incised (perhaps for Falconet or for the year 1758). Franks collection
(Bethnal Green).
(2) MENNECY, white glazed ware. Figure of bagpiper (H. 9½ in.).
_Circa_ 1750. (From an engraving by J. Dumont le Rom, 1739.) Franks
collection (Bethnal Green). .....(_To face p. 288._)
XXXVI. (1) VINCENNES or EARLY SÈVRES porcelain. Ewer with cover (H.
4¾ in.). _Gros bleu_ ground with birds and flowers in white reserves.
Mark, double L with three dots, in blue under glaze. _Circa_ 1750.
Victoria and Albert Museum; Jones collection.
(2) and (3) SÈVRES porcelain. Two small _sucriers_ (H. 3 in.). _Gros
bleu_ and green ground, with birds on branches painted in white
reserves. No mark, but early. Victoria and Albert Museum; Jones
collection. .....(_To face p. 294._)
XXXVII. SÈVRES porcelain. Vase (H. 10¾ in.), one of a pair, decorated
with wreaths of flowers on a white ground. Mark, the letter I, for
1761. Victoria and Albert Museum; Jones collection. .....(_To face p.
296._)
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