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PRINTING EARTHENWARE.—RHYTON.

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the vehicle of the colour used, and evaporates in the baking,leaving the colour on the piece. The invention is due toDr. Wall, of Worcester (see page 182); and so quickly is itexecuted that a plate is printed in England in eight seconds.*In France , the process was first used in 1777 to print thecameo heads in a service ordered at Sevres by Prince Buria-tinsky, for the Empress Catherine II. , but it was not generallyadopted in that country until about 1808.

Queen'’ s Ware. Faience pine, Fr .—The hard pottery made frompipe-clay, dedicated by Wedgwood to the Queen.

IIabeschi, Ital .—An old term for arabesques.

Retraite de la Pate. —A technical term to indicate the diminutionin volume of keramic pastes, first in drying, and afterwards inbaking. It varies, according to the pastes, from two to twentyper cent., and even more.f

Rhyton. —A drinking-cup, originally, perhaps, in the form of a

Fig. 10?. Rhyton. Greek. (Museo Borbonico.)

Fig. 108. Rhyton. Greek. (Museo Borbonico.)

coVs horn, as it is often represented in the hands of Bacchuson the painted vases, but it frequently terminates in the headof a dog (Fig. 107), fox, bull, horse, stag, boar, ram (Fig. 108),eagle, cock, or griffin. It is sometimes represented in ancient

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Brongniart, tom. ii., p. 654.

+ Ibid., i., 262.