释义 |
Castel Durante|ˌkæstɛl duːˈrænteɪ| The name of a small Italian town, now called Urbania, used to designate a kind of tin-glazed ware of which the finest examples were produced in the 16th cent.
1857Marryat Hist. Pott. & Porc. (ed. 2) iv. 58 The manufacture of Castel Durante..flourished under Duke Francesco Maria II (1574 to 1631). Ibid., The characteristics of the Castel Durante majolica are very uniform. 1951‘M. Innes’ Operation Pax iii. iii. 91 The Castel Durante dishes that were a relic of her childhood in Rome. 1962Vict. & Albert Mus. Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. 76/1 A Castel Durante plate by Giovanni Maria, with sunk centre, painted with a seated putto within a narrow white border. |