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Persian pottery, (1898). 'Figs 1-5: Ancient Persian fayence plates in the Musée Cluny at Paris. Figs 6 and 7: Borders from walls wainscoted with fayence. Fig 3. After an original drawing by C. Bauer from the "Kunstbibliothek der Kgl. Centralstelle für Gewerbe und Handel" at Stuttgart....The beautiful fayence ware produced by Persian industry was at all times a considerable article of export. In all countries professing Islam the productions of this very early and highly developed industry are found down to the present time'. Plate 19 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)