The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 49
... figures are of most exquisite workmanship , in bas - relief . Mr. Wedgewood was of opinion , from many circumstances , that the figures had been made by cutting away the external crust of white opaque glass , in the manner the finest ...
... figures are of most exquisite workmanship , in bas - relief . Mr. Wedgewood was of opinion , from many circumstances , that the figures had been made by cutting away the external crust of white opaque glass , in the manner the finest ...
Page 105
... figure or any thing else was required to be formed after the wall was prepared , the sculptor appears to have made ... figure , which remained in basso - relievo , some to the height of half an inch , and some much less , according to ...
... figure or any thing else was required to be formed after the wall was prepared , the sculptor appears to have made ... figure , which remained in basso - relievo , some to the height of half an inch , and some much less , according to ...
Page 122
... figure or mould is then placed in the course of the stream , so as to receive a continual and equable dash of water , which deposits its earthly matter on the impressed surface , and thus takes , with the greatest fineness and precision ...
... figure or mould is then placed in the course of the stream , so as to receive a continual and equable dash of water , which deposits its earthly matter on the impressed surface , and thus takes , with the greatest fineness and precision ...
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