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Oak-leaf jars : a fifteenth century Italian ware showing Moresco influence

Wallis, Henry, 1830-1916 · 1903 · London : B. Quaritch · 8 pictures

A 1903 London monograph by Henry Wallis, published by B. Quaritch, on fifteenth-century Italian majolica showing Moresco influence, aimed at collectors and students of ceramics. The pictures are woodcut-style drawings of pitchers and jars with bands of stylised foliage, geometric lattice, scalloped arches and a heraldic-looking cartouche, offering a designer clear models of Hispano-Moresque and Italian pottery ornament.

Majolica · Decoration and ornament · Islamic decoration and ornament · Pottery

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