A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . produced by manganese,one of the rarest decorations of the pate teiidre. 4. Therose Pompadour, which has been erroneously termed rosedu Barry; it dates about 1757, and was discovered byXrhouet. 5. Thejatme clair, ox jonquille, a clear canary-color. 6. The vert ponnne, or apple-green. 7. The vertpre, or grass-green. 8. The rouge de fer. 9. The ail de FRANCE. 143 perdrix, of a recent period. These were the principalcolors employed in the ground-work or plain-surface en-amels,—as pure, as perfect and as exquisite as the corre-sponding co
A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . produced by manganese,one of the rarest decorations of the pate teiidre. 4. Therose Pompadour, which has been erroneously termed rosedu Barry; it dates about 1757, and was discovered byXrhouet. 5. Thejatme clair, ox jonquille, a clear canary-color. 6. The vert ponnne, or apple-green. 7. The vertpre, or grass-green. 8. The rouge de fer. 9. The ail de FRANCE. 143 perdrix, of a recent period. These were the principalcolors employed in the ground-work or plain-surface en-amels,—as pure, as perfect and as exquisite as the corre-sponding colors produced by nature herself. To attempta pen-description of the marvellously beautiful decora-tions which adorn the productions of Sevres, is a literaryimpossibihty, and would only involve the reader in a con-fusion of expressions which could only be exemplified bythe pieces themselves. It is sufficient to know that thebest artists which France has produced in the last cen-tury and a half, have bestowed their magic touch uponthe porcelain of No. 24.—Sevres Vase. (Bernal Collection.) Nor can a printed reproduction of the piece itselfconvey anything but a dim idea of form and general ap-pearance. The accompanying representation (Cut No. 24)is taken from a small vase sold in the Bernal Collection inLondon.* Since the close of the Franco-German conflict, a con- * It was purchased by the Marquis of Hertford for $7,500. 144 HISTORY OF PORCELAIN. siderable quantity of the beautiful ware which once decora-ted the royal halls of Paris and its environs has reachedthis country. These pieces now occupy their appropriateplaces among private collections here. At the sale of thefamous Deacon House in Boston, which took place two orthree years since, several exquisite specimens of Sevresware were exposed at public auction. In every instancethey brought prices far below their real value, not fromdisregard, but from a want of critical knowledge of theware itself. Probably the mo
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