...East Indias. In Minsheu's Spanish dialogues , 1623, folio, p. 12, China met tall is explained to be " the fine dishes of earth painted, such as are brought from Venice." It is very probable that we had this commodity by means of our traffic with Italy, which also supplied...

...East Indies. In Minsheu's Spanish dialogues, 1623, folio, p. 12, China mettall is explained to be " the fine dishes of earth painted, such as are brought from Venice." It is very probable that we had this commodity by means of our traffic with Italy, which also supplied...

...time come direct from the East Indies, but from Venice. " China mettall " is described in Miusheu's Spanish Dialogues, as " the fine dishes of earth,...shillings on those of a quart and upwards. Ben Jonson f says: "Ay, sir I his wife was the rich Chinawoman, that the courtiers visited so often." In his time...

...eighteenth century the so-called Gombroon ware was of Persian origin, and recognised as such in England. as ' the fine dishes of earth painted such as are brought from Venice.' Here the reference probably is to Italian or Persian fayence — in fact the tendency seems rather...

...eighteenth century the so-called Gombroon ware was of Persian origin, and recognised as such in England. as ' the fine dishes of earth painted such as are brought from Venice.' Here the reference probably is to Italian or Persian fayence — in fact the tendency seems rather...

...dominant in the Eastern seas. As late as 1623. in Minshen's Spanish dialogues, China mettatt is denned as " the fine dishes of earth painted, such as are brought from Venice." so far as I have been able to learn ; they cannot float in less than ten fathoms of water. " These...