. International studio. that she may havebrought over from her fathers court, at some timeor another during her thirty years residence here, specimens of this very at Bristol, notmany years since, resultedin the discovery of a num-ber of fragments from anearly fifteenth-century dishof Hispano-Moresque lustreand light blue. The designis that of a convention-alised tree of life betweentwo deer, without of them stands on aledge ornamented with adevice similar to that whichencircles the shoulders andbase of the drug pot. , and which is believedto be derived from
. International studio. that she may havebrought over from her fathers court, at some timeor another during her thirty years residence here, specimens of this very at Bristol, notmany years since, resultedin the discovery of a num-ber of fragments from anearly fifteenth-century dishof Hispano-Moresque lustreand light blue. The designis that of a convention-alised tree of life betweentwo deer, without of them stands on aledge ornamented with adevice similar to that whichencircles the shoulders andbase of the drug pot. , and which is believedto be derived from Arabiclettering. The componentpieces, thirty in number,were found in a rubbish-pit, which also containedfragments of English pot-tery ranging from theNorman period to the six-teenth century. The dish,then, may be assumed tohave reached this countrynot later than the sixteenthcentury. It was exhibitedbefore the Society of Anti-quaries at Burlington House, in April, 1901, andis illustrated in their published piO. 6.—DISH, PALE COPPER LUSTRE AND DARK BLUE,I3I IN. DIAMETER (VALENCIA, XV.—XVI. CENT.) 15 Hispaiio-Morcsqite Lustre l^yare Of the various ancient writers who have given anaccount of the manufacture of this ware only one,in 1585, names the vehicle with which the pigmentwas laid on, to wit, not a brush but a feather;with the use of which the admirable vivacity andfacilencss of touch are entirely consistent. This isparticularly noticeable in the large sweeping cunesand flourishes with which the ornament of Hispano-Moresque ware abounds. Nevertheless, many ofthe broader surfaces must have been washed inwith a brush. Again, certain minute features, such
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