. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . which is, how-ever, of but little interest to us, and probably less to Delia Robbia him-self. What he did do, and for which he deserved praise, was, that heseems to have worked at the new business he had taken up with hon-esty and persistency; that he was patient and painstaking. These arealways good. He was merchant enough to make what then would sell;that is, works for the ornamentation of churches and altars, one ofwhich we have illustrated. He was successful, and that was a satisfaction to him as it is
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . which is, how-ever, of but little interest to us, and probably less to Delia Robbia him-self. What he did do, and for which he deserved praise, was, that heseems to have worked at the new business he had taken up with hon-esty and persistency; that he was patient and painstaking. These arealways good. He was merchant enough to make what then would sell;that is, works for the ornamentation of churches and altars, one ofwhich we have illustrated. He was successful, and that was a satisfaction to him as it is to us. He made, besides altar-pieces, rondels and squares to l)e set intowalls, upon which were masks, scrolls, fruit, fiowers, buds, etc., etc.;and these were sometimes white, and sometimes enameled with ^?ariou8colors. His nephew Andrea followed his lead, but did not improve uponhis master; and his four sons, Giovanm, Luca, Ambrosio, and Girolamo,continued to make the same description of reliefs, but greatly inferiorto those of the first Delia Robbia. 102 POTTERY AND Fto. 6!.—Altar-Piece, by Luca delta Roblia, in tfie Mxi»eum of the Louvre. Urbino.—The Diikes of Urbino were foremost in encouraging anddeveloping the maiolica work of Italy; and around them, as a sort ofcentre, the ceramic art seems to have gathered. r give Mr. Fortniun^^ l)ook a hrief account, ?which may inter- UBBIXO MAJOLICA. 103 est many. Having luid whatever good could be derived from the greatand vahiable collections of the Kensington Museum, and being a manof keen perceptions and sound judgment, whatever he writes deservesrespect. He says: In 1443 wdiat had been but an unimportant mountain fief waserected into a duchy, and the house of Montefeltro ruled a fair terri-tory in the person of the infamous Oddantonio, the first Duke ofUrbino. On his violent death in 1444, Federigo, his illegitimatel)rother, succeeded to the dukedom. Of enlightened mind, as w^ell asof martial capacity, he
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