XXIV EUROPEAN ENAMELS 178 XXV THE ROMANCE OF A POTTER: BERNARD PALISSY 191 XXVI ITALIAN MAIOLICA 210 XXVII GLASS OF A THOUSAND FLOWERS 218 XXVIII ANTIQUES OF PERSIA AND OF INDIA 227 XXIX CHINESE PORCELAINS 238 XXX CHINESE AND JAPANESE LACQUER 246 XXXI CHINESE SNUFF-BOTTLES 253 XXXII CLOISONNÉ ENAMELS OF CHINA AND JAPAN 262 XXXIII JAPANESE SWORD-GUARDS 270 XXXIV MEDALLIC ART 278 XXXV ENGRAVED GEMS 286 XXXVI FRAUDULENT ART OBJECTS 299 BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 INDEX 319 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Early American mahogany block-front cabinet-top Rhode Island style desk, 1750-1775 _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE American walnut gate-leg table, 1675-1700 24 American pine and walnut chair-table, 1700 24 American cherry and maple gate-leg table, 1675-1700 24 Late 18th century English tea caddy 25 Late 18th century English tea caddies 25 Ivory and two tortoiseshell 18th century tea caddies 25 Cup-plates 40 Early printed cotton 41 Chinese pewter jar with bronze cover--early 18th century 60 A Swiss pewter wine-flask, Zurich, dated 1766 60 American 18th century sampler 61 A dated English or Welsh sampler, 1787 61 Wax-portrait of Ferdinand I of Sicily, Italian, late 18th century 76 Wax-portrait, subject unknown, Italian, early 18th century 76 Model of an American peg-loom bearing the name of W. D. Fales of Providence, Rhode Island 77 Handwoven coverlet in bed-chamber of the John Howard Payne House 77 Chippendale mahogany arm-chair, 1760-1780 80 Shield back Hepplewhite arm-chair 80 Louis XIV arm-chair 80 Louis XV arm-chair 80