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‖ Nevers|nɛvɛr| The name of a city in central France, used freq. attrib. to describe a type of deep blue-ground faience in the style of Italian majolica, made there from the latter part of the 16th century to the 18th.
1863W. Chaffers Marks Pott. & Porc. 93 Nevers, fine Faïence, in the Italian style, decorated in colours, sometimes like Faenza ware; also in blue en grisaille, as well as in a deep blue ground of enamel with splashes or spots of white. 1900F. Litchfield Pott. & Porc. vii. 219 Specimens of Nevers are difficult to identify, owing to the similarity of their characteristics to those of the Rouen and other similar faiences. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 198/1 Nevers faience, the chief Nevers pottery was founded early in the 17th cent. by Italian potters... Nevers glass. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Cont. Pott. & Porc. 68/1 Nevers faience decorated with pseudo-oriental or oriental motifs in white, or white, yellow and orange. 1971L. A. Boger Dict. World Pott. & Porc. 241/2 The so-called Bleu Persan or Décor Persan was introduced during the second half of the 17th century and is probably the most important Nevers creation. 1972Times 21 June 16/4 A charming seventeenth-century Nevers glass picture depicting Diana surprised by Actaeon. |