A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . Thepeople of Spain themselves attempted little in its manu-facture, but Christian influences were brought to bear uponit, which somewhat affected its general character. Morebreadth of efibrt, and greater variety of designs in form,were the immediate consequence, while the main princi-ples of decoration were still retained. Thus we find,among the remains of the Moors in that country, vasesand other vessels bearing Christian inscriptions, and mark-ing another era in the production of pottery which istermed the Moorish-Cathohc,—this chan
A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . Thepeople of Spain themselves attempted little in its manu-facture, but Christian influences were brought to bear uponit, which somewhat affected its general character. Morebreadth of efibrt, and greater variety of designs in form,were the immediate consequence, while the main princi-ples of decoration were still retained. Thus we find,among the remains of the Moors in that country, vasesand other vessels bearing Christian inscriptions, and mark-ing another era in the production of pottery which istermed the Moorish-Cathohc,—this change beingbrought about, of course, by religious influence, andprobably prompted by the patronage of the SpanishChurch, which invested some of its vast wealth in thenew art. The vase exhibited in cut number eleven, for whichI am indebted to the admirable work of M. Jacquemart,is of Moorish work, and bears a Christian inscription,accompanied by emblems peculiar to the Church and theinfallible mark of its period—the iridescent lustre. HISTORY OF No. 11.—AMooBisu Vase ^\^TH Chkistian Insckiption. MALAG A The contiguity of Malaga to the city of Granada,beside the fact that it was a seaport carrying on an exten-sive trade with the east, rendered it a place most appro-priate for the extensive production of Moorish , who wrote about the year 1350, says: Atthis place is manufactured the beautiful gilded potteryor porcelain which is exported to the most distantcountries. It was probably about this period that thevase of the Alhambra, and tiles, or azuelos, were manu-factured at Malaga. This factory survived the fall ofGranada, and continued until the middle of the sixteenthcentury, about which time the Valencia factory seems tohave assumed its mantle. The little island of Majorca, SICIL Y. 43 of which I will speak more at length in the Italian chap-ter, was also extensively engaged in pottery work. SICIL Y. The Siculo-Moresque work of this locality, althou
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