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    Posted 8 years ago

    Deepseas72
    (160 items)

    A figural vase, the only markings are on the back...1704 and D.R.G.M.
    It is made of a white bisque porcelain, and the subject is four children sharpening a wooden sword on a grinding wheel. I adore the detail on this piece. I bought it at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store for five dollars. That is on the high end of what I usually spend, lol.

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    1. PostCardCollector PostCardCollector, 8 years ago
      Is it Parian ware ? A type of bisque porcelain imitating marble. It was developed around 1845 by the Staffordshire pottery manufacturer Mintons, and named after Paros, the Greek island renowned for its fine-textured, white Parian marble, used since antiquity for sculpture. It was also contemporaneously referred to as Statuary Porcelain by Copeland. Parian was essentially designed to imitate carved marble, with the great advantage that it could be prepared in a liquid form and cast in a mould, enabling mass production. Go to Google Search for comparisons.

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