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Liverpool delftware [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthenware
DEF

Tin-glazed earthenware ... made at about twenty factories in or near Liverpool from c. 1710. A characteristic feature on some plates is a red edge, inspired by a similar edge on some Chinese and Japanese porcelain.

OBS

Delftware ... is synonymous with faïence which is reserved for the later tin-glazed ware of the 17th century either in the more or less original styles made in France....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faïences
CONT

Faïences et porcelaines de Liverpool [...] produites au XVIIIe s. à Liverpool et décorées le plus souvent en bleu et blanc dans le style de la Chine.

OBS

De 1796 à 1841, la manufacture d'Herculaneum fit des faïences fines imprimées grâce au procédé mis au point v. 1760 par John Sadler et Guy Green dans leur fabrique.

Key term(s)
  • porcelaine de Liverpool

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