Elegant, hand-painted porcelain plates were popularly produced as decorative fine arts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book has over 675 beautiful full color images display lovely portraits, romantic landscapes and city scenes, still-life paintings, and floral arrangements. The engaging text provides concise histories of the factories, decorating studios, the artisans with the marks employed by each, an extensive bibliography, and an index. This book will be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates hand painted pottery.
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This coming Saturday, the 15th of November, Galen Rowell’s Mountain light Gallery will be holding an art auction to raise money for the rebuilding of the Bristlecone Pine Visitor Center that burnt down this year. Here is the official announcement. The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association, in partnership with the Inyo National Forest, is pleased to announce plans for an art auction to be held to assist with the reconstruction of a new visitor center in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. P
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