Nepali literature: …his great contemporary, the poet Lakṣmīprasād Devkoṭā, discarded the earlier Sanskrit-dominated literary tradition and adopted some literary forms of the West, notably prose poetry, tragic drama, and the short story. In their poetry these writers dealt with such themes as love and patriotism as well as the problems of injustice,…

Devo, American new-wave band from Akron, Ohio, that took its name from devolution, the theory of humankind’s regression that informed the band’s music and stage act. Devo enjoyed commercial success in the early 1980s. The band members were Mark Mothersbaugh (b. May 18, 1950, Akron, Ohio, U.S.),

Yambo Ouologuem: …Le Devoir de violence (1968; Bound to Violence), which received the Prix Renaudot. With this work, Ouologuem became the first African writer to receive a major French literary award.

metamorphic rock: Principal types: …C + mineral D) or devolatilization reactions (hydrous mineral A = anhydrous mineral B + water), but in either case they require significant breaking of bonds and reorganization of material in the rock. They may depend most strongly on either temperature or pressure changes. In general, devolatilization reactions are temperature-sensitive,…

devolution, the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. Devolution usually occurs through conventional statutes rather than through a change in a country’s constitution; thus, unitary systems of government that have devolved powers

War of Devolution: Devolution was a local custom governing the inheritance of land in certain provinces of the Spanish Netherlands, by which daughters of a first marriage were preferred to sons of subsequent marriages; and Louis XIV of France began the war on the pretext that this custom…

War of Devolution, (1667–68), conflict between France and Spain over possession of the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium and Luxembourg). Devolution was a local custom governing the inheritance of land in certain provinces of the Spanish Netherlands, by which daughters of a first marriage

Devon, administrative, geographic, and historic county of England. It forms part of the South West (or Cornish) Peninsula of Great Britain and is bounded to the west by Cornwall and to the east by Dorset and Somerset. The Bristol Channel lies to the north, and the English Channel abuts it to the

Devon Island, largest of the Parry Islands, in Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean south of Ellesmere Island and west of Baffin Bay. It is about 320 miles (515 km) long, 80–100 miles (130–160 km) wide, and has an area of 21,331 square miles (55,247 square km). Chiefly an ice-covered plateau, the

Devonian extinctions, a series of mass extinction events primarily affecting the marine communities of the Devonian Period (419.2 million to 359 million years ago). At present it is not possible to connect this series definitively with any single cause. It is probable that they may record a

Devonian Period, in geologic time, an interval of the Paleozoic Era that follows the Silurian Period and precedes the Carboniferous Period, spanning between about 419.2 million and 358.9 million years ago. The Devonian Period is sometimes called the “Age of Fishes” because of the diverse, abundant,

Auckland: Devonport, in North Shore ward, is the chief naval base and dockyard for New Zealand. A natural gas pipeline runs from the Maui field to Auckland.

Devonport, city, northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies near the mouth of the Mersey River, which empties into Bass Strait. One of the state’s largest communities, it was formed through the amalgamation in 1893 of the villages of Torquay (east bank) and Formby (west), both of which had been founded

Devon, administrative, geographic, and historic county of England. It forms part of the South West (or Cornish) Peninsula of Great Britain and is bounded to the west by Cornwall and to the east by Dorset and Somerset. The Bristol Channel lies to the north, and the English Channel abuts it to the

Kenya: Political movements: …the colonial secretary issued a White Paper in which he indicated that African interests in the colony had to be paramount, although his declaration did not immediately result in any great improvement in conditions. One area that definitely needed improvement was education for Africans; up to that point nearly all…

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy was a soldier and English lord deputy of Ireland, whose victory at Kinsale, County Cork, in 1601 led to the conquest of Ireland by English forces. The second son of James Blount, 6th Lord Mountjoy, he succeeded to the family peerage on the death of his elder

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was a leader of the parliamentary movement that sought to exclude the Roman Catholic James, duke of York (afterward James II), from succession to the British throne and that later invited the invasion of William of Orange. Cavendish was the eldest son of

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was a leader of the parliamentary movement that sought to exclude the Roman Catholic James, duke of York (afterward James II), from succession to the British throne and that later invited the invasion of William of Orange. Cavendish was the eldest son of

William Cavendish, 1st earl of Devonshire was the first of the long line of Devonshire peers. The son of Sir William Cavendish and his third wife, Elizabeth Hardwick (afterward the Countess of Shrewsbury), the young Cavendish was educated at Eton College and Gray’s Inn and was knighted in 1580 and

William Cavendish, 1st earl of Devonshire was the first of the long line of Devonshire peers. The son of Sir William Cavendish and his third wife, Elizabeth Hardwick (afterward the Countess of Shrewsbury), the young Cavendish was educated at Eton College and Gray’s Inn and was knighted in 1580 and

Thomas Hobbes: Early life: Through his employment by William Cavendish, the first earl of Devonshire, and his heirs, Hobbes became connected with the royalist side in disputes between the king and Parliament that continued until the 1640s and that culminated in the English Civil Wars (1642–51). Hobbes also worked for the marquess of…

William Cavendish, 4th duke of Devonshire was the prime minister of Great Britain from November 1756 to May 1757, at the start of the Seven Years’ War. Eldest son of William Cavendish, the 3rd Duke (1698–1755), he was elected to the House of Commons in 1741 and 1747, and in 1751 he moved to the

William Cavendish, 4th duke of Devonshire was the prime minister of Great Britain from November 1756 to May 1757, at the start of the Seven Years’ War. Eldest son of William Cavendish, the 3rd Duke (1698–1755), he was elected to the House of Commons in 1741 and 1747, and in 1751 he moved to the

Michel H. Devoret is a French physicist renowned for his research on circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED), in which superconducting circuits generate fundamental units known as qubits for quantum computing. Devoret made critical contributions to the understanding of quantum phenomena in

Michel H. Devoret is a French physicist renowned for his research on circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED), in which superconducting circuits generate fundamental units known as qubits for quantum computing. Devoret made critical contributions to the understanding of quantum phenomena in

Betsy DeVos is an American philanthropist and Republican political activist who served as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (2017–21) in the administration of Pres. Donald Trump. Her father, Edgar Prince, was a wealthy industrialist who, with her mother, formed a foundation to make

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson: …A Speckled Bird (1902) and Devota (1907).

devotio moderna, religious movement within Roman Catholicism from the end of the 14th to the 16th century stressing meditation and the inner life, attaching little importance to ritual and external works, and downgrading the highly speculative spirituality of the 13th and 14th centuries. Devotio

Hinduism: Devotion: Devotion (bhakti) effectively spans and reconciles the seemingly disparate aims of obtaining aid in solving worldly problems and locating one’s soul in relation to divinity. It is the prime religious attitude in much of Hindu life. The term bhakti is derived from a root…

Curtis Bernhardt: Early years in Hollywood: Devotion (1946), a fanciful account of the lives of the Brontë sisters—with de Havilland and Ida Lupino as Charlotte and Emily, respectively—had been filmed earlier than Conflict but was held back for nearly three years before being released. A Stolen Life (1946) is more convincing,…

Patti Smith: Memoirs and other literary ventures: Smith’s book on creativity, Devotion (2017), is an installment in Yale University Press’s Why I Write series. She later published A Book of Days (2022), which was inspired by her Instagram account. In the meantime she was reunited with the daughter whom she had put up for adoption. Smith…

Hans Memling: Many devotional diptychs (two-panel paintings) such as this were painted in 15th-century Flanders. They consist of a portrait of the “donor”—or patron—in one panel, reverently gazing at the Madonna and Child in the other. Such paintings were for the donor’s personal use in his home or…

John Donne: Prose of John Donne: …illness, Donne in 1623 wrote Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, the most enduring of his prose works. Each of its 23 devotions consists of a meditation, an expostulation, and a prayer, all occasioned by some event in Donne’s illness, such as the arrival of the king’s personal physician or the application…

Ireland: The Home Rule movement and the Land League: …influenced by two Irish Americans: John Devoy, a leading member of Clan na Gael, an effective American Fenian organization, and Patrick Ford, whose New York paper The Irish World preached militant republicanism and hatred of England. At Westminster Parnell adopted a policy of persistent obstruction, which compelled attention to Irish…

Devrient family, German theatre family. Ludwig Devrient (1784–1832) was the greatest actor of the Romantic period in Germany. At the Dessau court theatre he developed his talent for character parts. After his Berlin debut in The Robbers (1814), he played Falstaff, Shylock, King Lear, and Richard

Eduard Devrient was an actor, director, manager, translator of Shakespeare into German, and author of the first detailed account of the development of the German theatre, Geschichte der deutschen Schauspielkunst (1848; “History of German Dramatic Art”). Nephew of the great Romantic actor Ludwig

Emil Devrient was a German actor of the 19th century who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts. Nephew of the great Romantic actor Ludwig Devrient, he made his debut in Brunswick in 1821. By way of Bremen, Leipzig, and Hamburg, he reached Dresden in 1831, where he remained associated with the

Karl August Devrient was a German actor who achieved popularity in heroic and character roles such as the title roles of Friedrich von Schiller’s Wallenstein, Goethe’s Faust, and Shakespeare’s King Lear. Nephew of the great Romantic actor Ludwig Devrient, he began his career in 1819 in Brunswick.

Ludwig Devrient was the greatest and most original actor of the Romantic period in Germany, whose temperament, characterizations, and life invite comparison with his English contemporary Edmund Kean. Devrient’s characterizations conformed to no existing school of acting and owed nothing to any

Max Devrient was a German actor who excelled in tragic roles, particularly in the plays of Goethe, Schiller, and Shakespeare, but who was also much admired in comedy, especially as Petruchio in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Grandnephew of the great Romantic actor Ludwig Devrient and son of

Otto Devrient was a German actor, director, producer, and playwright. Grandnephew of the great Romantic actor Ludwig Devrient, Otto was trained by his father, Eduard Devrient, who was a director, a translator of Shakespeare, and a stage historian. His early engagements included Karlsruhe,

Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, left-wing Marxist-Leninist terrorist group in Turkey, formed in 1978 as an offshoot of the Turkish People’s Liberation Party/Front, that is strongly anti-United States and anti-NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). In the 1990s, Dev Sol (renamed

Turkey: The ascendancy of the right, 1961–71: …new trade union federation, the Confederation of Reformist Workers’ Unions (Devrimci Işçi Sendıkalari Konfederasyonu [DİSK]; founded 1967); a revolutionary youth movement, Dev Genç (1969); a socialist political party, the Workers’ Party of Turkey (WPT; 1961); and an armed guerrilla movement, the Turkish People’s Liberation Army (1970). These and similar groups…

Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, left-wing Marxist-Leninist terrorist group in Turkey, formed in 1978 as an offshoot of the Turkish People’s Liberation Party/Front, that is strongly anti-United States and anti-NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). In the 1990s, Dev Sol (renamed

Irving: …the University of Dallas and DeVry University. Pop. (2010) 216,290; Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division, 4,235,751;(2020) 256,684; Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division, 5,129,966.

Alex Garland: Early work in filmmaking: …further into science fiction with Devs, an eight-part streaming series on the FX network, about the head of a tech company (played by Nick Offerman) who builds a quantum computer capable of glimpsing both the distant past and the future. Garland has expressed concern that society places too much trust…

Balkans: Conquest and rule: …required to pay included the devşirme, an occasional levy on male children who were taken from Christian households to be converted to Islam and trained as members of the administrative elite of the empire, including the military Janissary corps. Despite the horrors of such separation, there is evidence that children…

dew, deposit of waterdrops formed at night by the condensation of water vapour from the air onto the surfaces of objects freely exposed to the sky (see video). It forms on clear nights when the air is calm or, preferably, when the wind is light. If the temperature of the surface is below the

Edwidge Danticat: …to explore Haitian history in The Dew Breaker (2004), a series of interconnected stories about a Haitian immigrant who had tortured and murdered dissidents during the repressive rule of François Duvalier. Her memoir, Brother, I’m Dying (2007), won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line), Cold War communications network, made up of more than 60 manned radar installations and extending about 4,800 km (3,000 miles) from northwestern Alaska to eastern Baffin Island. The network served as a warning system for the United States and Canada that could

dew point, the temperature at which the atmosphere is saturated with water vapour, when it is cooled without changing its pressure or vapour content. A given volume of air containing much water vapour has a higher dew point than the same volume of drier air; thus the dew point gives an indication

retting: Basic methods include dew retting and water retting.

hygrometer: Dew-point hygrometers typically consist of a polished metal mirror that is cooled at a constant pressure and constant vapour content until moisture just starts to condense on it. The temperature of the metal at which condensation begins is the dew point.

dew point, the temperature at which the atmosphere is saturated with water vapour, when it is cooled without changing its pressure or vapour content. A given volume of air containing much water vapour has a higher dew point than the same volume of drier air; thus the dew point gives an indication

divan, in Islamic societies, a “register,” or logbook, and later a “finance department,” “government bureau,” or “administration.” The first divan appeared under the caliph ʿUmar I (634–644) as a pensions list, recording free Arab warriors entitled to a share of the spoils of war. Out of rents and

Malaysia: Constitutional framework: …federal legislature, consisting of the Senate (Dewan Negara) as the upper house and the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) as the lower. The paramount ruler appoints a prime minister from among the members of the House of Representatives. On the advice of the prime minister, the monarch then appoints the…

Malaysia: Constitutional framework: …the upper house and the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) as the lower. The paramount ruler appoints a prime minister from among the members of the House of Representatives. On the advice of the prime minister, the monarch then appoints the other ministers who make up the cabinet. The number…

Ki Hadjar Dewantoro was the founder of the Taman Siswa (literally “Garden of Students”) school system, an influential and widespread network of schools that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture. Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a

Ki Hadjar Dewantoro was the founder of the Taman Siswa (literally “Garden of Students”) school system, an influential and widespread network of schools that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture. Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a

physical science: Chemistry: The other three (now called Dewar structures for the British chemist and physicist James Dewar, though they were first suggested by H. Wichelhaus in 1869) have one longer bond going across the ring. Pauling and Dewar described their model as involving resonance between the five structures. According to quantum mechanics,…

vacuum flask, vessel with double walls, the space between which is evacuated. It was invented by the British chemist and physicist Sir James Dewar in the 1890s. Thermos is a proprietary name applied to a form protected by a metal casing. The vacuum flask was devised to preserve liquefied gases by

Sir James Dewar was a British chemist and physicist whose study of low-temperature phenomena entailed the use of a double-walled vacuum flask of his own design which has been named for him. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, Dewar became a professor at the University of Cambridge (1875) and

Dewas, city, west-central Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is located on the Malwa Plateau at the foot of the conical Chamunda Hill, which rises to the Devi Vashini shrine. The earliest reference to Dewas occurs in the 12th-century epic poem Prithviraj Rasau by Chand Bardai of Lahore (now in

mineral processing: Dewatering: Concentrates and tailings produced by the methods outlined above must be dewatered in order to convert the pulps to a transportable state. In addition, the water can be recycled into the existing water circuits of the processing plant, greatly reducing the demand for expensive…

Kaigetsudō Ando was a Japanese painter of the Edo (Tokugawa) period who was an early practitioner of the genre known as ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”). Among other subjects, these pictures provided scenes from the pleasure quarter, or entertainment district, of such cities as Edo or

dewberry, any of several species of trailing blackberries of the genus Rubus in the rose family (Rosaceae). Dewberries are found throughout North America and northern Europe. They bear edible fruits that can be eaten raw or baked into cobblers or pies or made into preserves. They are occasionally

Dewey Decimal Classification, system for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups, with each group assigned 100 numbers. The 10 main groups are: 000–099, general works; 100–199, philosophy and psychology; 200–299, religion; 300–399, social sciences;

Dewey Decimal Classification, system for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups, with each group assigned 100 numbers. The 10 main groups are: 000–099, general works; 100–199, philosophy and psychology; 200–299, religion; 300–399, social sciences;

Broadcasting on WHBQ in Memphis six nights a week from 9:00 pm until midnight, Dewey Phillips was tremendously popular with both black and white listeners in the 1950s. An excitable, flamboyant good old boy who seemed to have stepped from the pages of Al Capp’s “Li’l Abner” comic strips but who

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, a pioneer school in the progressive education movement in the United States. The original University Elementary School was founded in Chicago in 1896 by American educator John Dewey as a research and demonstration centre for the Department of Pedagogy at

George Dewey was a U.S. naval commander who defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War (1898). A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1858, Dewey was commissioned a lieutenant three years later. In the U.S. Civil War (1861–65), he

John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator who was a cofounder of the philosophical movement known as pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, an innovative theorist of democracy, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States. Dewey graduated with a

Melvil Dewey was an American librarian who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for library cataloging and, probably more than any other individual, was responsible for the development of library science in the United States. Dewey graduated in 1874 from Amherst College and became acting

Thomas E. Dewey was a vigorous American prosecuting attorney whose successful racket-busting career won him three terms as governor of New York (1943–55). A longtime Republican leader, he was his party’s presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948 but lost in both elections. Dewey graduated from the

Thomas E. Dewey was a vigorous American prosecuting attorney whose successful racket-busting career won him three terms as governor of New York (1943–55). A longtime Republican leader, he was his party’s presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948 but lost in both elections. Dewey graduated from the

Colleen Dewhurst was an American actress who was the leading Broadway interpreter of the plays of Eugene O’Neill in the second half of the 20th century. The daughter of a professional hockey player, Dewhurst eventually moved to New York City, where she studied acting at the American Academy of

St. David ; feast day March 1) was a 6th-century bishop who is revered as the patron saint of Wales. Little is known of his life. According to the hagiography written by the Welsh scholar Rhygyfarch about 1090, he was the son of the chieftain Sant, who raped David’s mother, St. Non. Educated at

Hud: …and his nephew, Lon (Brandon deWilde), who idolizes him.

the Ten: Alden Weir, Thomas W. Dewing, Joseph De Camp, Frank W. Benson, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Edmund Tarbell, Robert Reid, and E.E. Simmons. When Twachtman died in 1902, William Merritt Chase replaced him.

Cherokee: Dealings with the early United States: …and South Carolina at the Treaty of DeWitt’s Corner (May 20, 1777) and the Treaty of Long Island of Holston (July 20, 1777).

Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt was an American experimental pathologist and investigator of the chemotherapy of tuberculosis. In 1878 she married Alton D. DeWitt, a teacher. Lydia DeWitt earned a medical degree at the University of Michigan in 1898 and taught anatomy there until 1908. She subsequently

construction: Use of reinforced concrete: …by Fazlur Khan in the DeWitt–Chestnut Apartments (1963) in Chicago; the building rises 43 stories (116 meters, or 387 feet). Lateral stability was achieved by closely spaced columns placed around the building perimeter and connected together by deep beams. The next step in concrete high-rise construction was the combination of…

kouprey: …and have a very large dewlap (present, though smaller, in the other two). However, the kouprey’s dorsal hump is less developed, and the tail is longer. Cows and young are a different colour from females of the banteng and gaur, being gray with a darker underside and darker forelegs. Kouprey…

Myspace: Entrepreneurs Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, employees of the Internet marketing company eUniverse (later Intermix Media), created Myspace in 2003. It quickly distinguished itself from established social networking sites by allowing—and in fact encouraging—musical artists to use the site to promote themselves, making Myspace popular among teenagers and young…

Dewsbury, town in Kirklees metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies along the River Calder 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Leeds. Dewsbury (which was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086) had a woolen industry as early as

Mary Williams Dewson was an American economist and political organizer, closely associated with the political campaigns and administrative programs of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dewson graduated from Wellesley (Massachusetts) College in 1897. For three years she worked as a research

carnivorous plant: Major families: Once classified within Droseraceae, the Portuguese sundew (Drosophyllum lusitanicum) is now placed within its own family, Drosophyllaceae (order Caryophyllales), of which it is the only species.

steroid: Glucocorticoids and cortisol: Cortisol analogs, such as dexamethasone, are used to treat many inflammatory and rheumatic diseases, to suppress the immune response in allergies and in organ transplantation, and to delay the progress of leukemia. They are also widely used for treating local inflammatory reactions and have played important roles in helping…

dextroamphetamine, chemical compound known for its stimulatory effects on the central nervous system (CNS). Dextroamphetamine is commonly used to treat narcolepsy and to control symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is marketed under the brand names Dexedrine Spansule,

Publius Herennius Dexippus was a Roman historian and Athenian statesman, one of the principal authorities for the history of the mid-3rd century ad. The Bibliotheca, a 9th-century encyclopaedia by Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, credits Dexippus with three major works: a four-book history of

heraldry: The elements and grammar of heraldic design: The terms dexter and sinister mean merely “right” and “left.” A shield is understood to be as if held by a user whom the beholder is facing. Thus the side of the shield facing the beholder’s left is the dexter, or right-hand side, and that opposite it…

John Lithgow: 3rd Rock from the Sun and return to the stage: …the popular television crime drama Dexter, and his chilling portrayal of serial killer Arthur Mitchell earned him another Emmy. He reprised the role for the miniseries Dexter: New Blood (2021).

Cartoon Network: History: …became Cartoon Network classics, including Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Powerpuff Girls. The combination of classic reruns and original programming was wildly successful; in 1994 Cartoon Network became the fifth most popular cable channel in the United States, and in 1995 the network had 22 million subscribers.

The Magnificent Seven: …a pistol; and Harry (Brad Dexter), an opportunistic fortune hunter who mistakenly believes that Chris will lead them to hidden Mexican treasure. The seven men train the villagers in the art of gunplay and successfully repulse attacks from Calvera and his gang. In the final confrontation, the village is…

Colin Dexter was a British author who wrote 13 acclaimed mystery novels featuring the erudite and curmudgeonly Chief Inspector Morse; the novels inspired the popular British television series Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and two spin-off series. Dexter earned (1953) a bachelor’s degree and (1958) a

John Dexter was a British director of stage plays and operas. Dexter, who left school at the age of 14, served in the British army during World War II and began acting while in the army. In 1957 he joined the Royal Court Theatre in London as an associate director; he then became associate director

Colin Dexter was a British author who wrote 13 acclaimed mystery novels featuring the erudite and curmudgeonly Chief Inspector Morse; the novels inspired the popular British television series Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and two spin-off series. Dexter earned (1953) a bachelor’s degree and (1958) a

Timothy Dexter was an American businessman known for his eccentric personality. He grew extremely wealthy through schemes that should have bankrupted him, and he performed outrageous stunts that alienated him from the upper class. Dexter had little formal education. At age eight he began working on

psychomotor learning: Simple components of bodily skills: …be broadly referred to as manual dexterity, which includes fine finger dexterity, arm-wrist speed, and aiming ability. Motor abilities are also influenced by strength, of which there are several kinds, including static strength (pressure measured in pounds exerted against an immovable object) and dynamic strength (moving the limbs with force).…

pottery: The Netherlands: Overglaze colours were introduced by Zacharias Dextra about 1720, and the Chinese famille rose patterns were frequently imitated. Among the rarer and more showy examples of delft may be numbered the Delft dorée, on which gilding is lavish, and the Delft noir, which has a black ground (suggested by Chinese…