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A Goon many modest collectors of English earthenware will be glad to have Mr. G. E. Howard's little book on Early English Drug Jars (Medici Society, lOs. 6d.). It is in truth little more than a description of the author's collection, but it contains some facts and it is illustrated with photographs of about fifty jars, one of them in colour. These tin- enamelled wares, decorated in bright colours and inscribed, were of course imitations in the first place of Italian pottery, and were made here long before Delft ware, itself based on Italian models, became popular in England. The author is right, however, in saying that the London and provincial
Etters who made these jars soon developed a definitely nglish style. They are in no sense great works of ceramic art, but they are often very attractive.
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