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flambe glaze

flambé glaze

A flow ceramic glaze with copper, which produces a variegated effect.
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A lavender-blue flower pot from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) stands out for its simplicity and bright cobalt blue flambe glaze.
Hidden treasures of the Leverhulme legacy; Lord Leverhulme shared his great works of art with the public, but was always deeply protective of his collection of porcelain. Laura Davis reports
Moorcroft, Howson-Taylor and Bernard Moore had a fascination for the Chinese flambe glazes produced in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Sotheby's predicts pounds 350,000 for pottery sale
The company experimented with glazes that were different from anything that had been produced before, the speckled, mottled, lustre and flambe glazes are certainly a mystery to those who tried to copy them.
Antiques: What's it worth?
Today, red flambe glazes are particularly prized by collectors but this is only one of the five glazes associated with Ruskin.
Weekend: Antiques and collecting - Glory of the Ruskin glaze; Richard Edmonds on the enduring legacy of a family pottery business
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