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The illustrated catalogue of the Universal exhibition, published with the Art journal
(1867-1868)

Dafforne, James
Porcelain and pottery.,   pp. 279-308


Page 281


                        THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.
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     purity of I form.  .? surpassedtheir masters in grace and able value.
The exercise of plastic art, it has already been
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"things of beauty." by the skill, ingenuity, and taste of man:
then Inians, the Egyptians, and - the Etruscans became potters from
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