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Florence cathedral appears in miniature on the bottom of an Italian flask along with the letter “F,” the mark of the Medici Porcelain Manufactory.

Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici, an experimental chemist, employed alchemists in the 1500s to unlock the secret of making true porcelain, which only the Chinese had mastered (for seven centuries, by that time). The mad scientists of Italian porcelain failed, though they did create a so-called “soft-paste” porcelain used for many lovely things along the way.

Letter ‘F’

I would lay down next to you Stay in bed all afternoon We were birds of a feather We were always together And I never will forget All the little things you said And that beautiful summer Used to call me a love bird But the time went on, the wind has blown, and I have grown And I started a feeling That wings had been broken And I can’t believe That I would never want to be set free But I just can’t stay So your lovebirds flyin’ away Your lovebird’s flyin’ away Cos my heart’s been stuck in a cage Gotta sing my song, so pretty Dum, dum, diddy And I miss you everyday But there’s nothing left to say Gotta sing my song, so pretty Dum, dum, diddy I want the world at my feet Even if it’s bittersweet Wanna stand on my own and Put my heart in my own hands Cause I begun to see That you and me are different breeds So I gotta believe in Gotta get back to breathing And you’ll always be a part of me You made me who I am But I gotta say, I’m not afraid To test my wingspan. Cause they say if you love something Let it go, let it go, let it go Open up the gate Leona Lewis -loveBirds-

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