Word of the Week

May 11, 2006 by Rufus McCain at 2:34 pm

Verrière In French ceramics; the wine glass cooler was a fashionable piece of French 18th century tableware. Especially charming were the faïence models decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels.

[From: The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1971.]

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