Excerpt from Oak-Leaf Jars: A Fifteenth Century Italian Ware Showing Moresco Influence It was to be expected that the maiolica fabricated under the impulse of the new movementwould not at once display any very pronounced difference of style. Fresh motives of design were sought after and eagerly assimilated, yet in their classification the wares can scarcely be separated by sharp lines of demarcation. One alone stands forth from the rest possessing an individuality which denotes a distinct type, and since it has excited the admira tion of the connoisseurs and collectors it seems the most fitting wherewith to commence the illustration of the output of the second quarter of the century. It has, moreover, had the good fortune to be preserved in more numerous examples than its fellows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.