The large plate you so greatly admired is called sgraffito or scratched work, sometimes called slip engraving. From Wordnik.com. [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference
Used in a technique called sgraffito, whereby a thin layer of Overlay paste is applied to the glazed porcelain or glass, allowed to dry, and a pointed instrument used to scratch a design into the layer, allowing t he porcelain or glass beneath to appear. From Wordnik.com. [Random headlines from Syndic8.com] Reference
It is called sgraffito ware. From Wordnik.com. [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference
His sgraffito style made him popular very quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Once, We Were So Poor . . .] Reference
Latex and enamel paints, black ink wash, pen and black and red ink, sgraffito. From Wordnik.com. [Gifts of Masterful Artwork] Reference
English sgraffito-ware, several incomplete earthenware holders, and parts of delftware candlesticks. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
I know a great deal on this subject as well as sgraffito, fresco and other decorative plasters/stuccoes. From Wordnik.com. [Tirol / Estuco (Stucco)] Reference
The English sgraffito-ware found at Jamestown was made near Barnstaple, in North Devonshire, probably after 1640. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
Some of the best examples of the sgraffito technique occur when the overlying glaze highlights the incised decoration. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
Many buildings date back to the 15th and 16th centuries and are painted with coats of arms or engraved with sgraffito designs. From Wordnik.com. [Meat of the Mountains] Reference
Imported sgraffito ware decorated with hares and wavy lines from the fortress on Alexander's Hill (twelfth-thirteenth century A.D.). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramology Report 1] Reference
The 17th-century Italian maiolica-ware found at Jamestown is a red-body earthenware with scratched or incised designs -- a true sgraffito-ware. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
I believe the clay coated board is so that you can incise or abraid through the clay to expose a white surface for fine detail, like scratchboard or sgraffito. From Wordnik.com. [U of T Biomedical Communication] Reference
Somewhat similar in appearance to the English sgraffito-ware, the desired design was scratched through the cream-colored slip, revealing the reddish-brown body beneath. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
This group is characterized by simple sgraffito decoration of concentric circles under a bright yellow-brown glaze and takes the forms of cups, plates, and bowls, all supported on a raised foot. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: Catalog of Artifacts] Reference
The fine art of sgraffito is becoming a lost trade. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
They created a work using a combination of tromp l'oeil with sgraffito. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
He also decorated in sgraffito the house of Andrea and Tommaso S.rtini, near S. Michele in. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto] Reference
She bends, molds and scrapes these images onto a canvas using a technique called sgraffito. From Wordnik.com. [Times Record News Stories] Reference
The pilasters with arabesques, the rustica between them, and the figures over the window may be painted or in sgraffito. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
Upon their move to Vail, they would bring this Old World trade and introduce the art of sgraffito to this new ski community. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
"The sgraffito added to the European style of the hotel in time for the 1999 World Cup Championships," said Sheika Gramshammer. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
Virgilio Romano, who executed a façade with some prisoners in sgraffito-work in the centre of the Borgo Nuovo in his native city, and many other beautiful works. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto] Reference
They created the lettering, window moldings, Austrian eagle and coat of arms in sgraffito, as well as other decorative work for this landmark hotel in Vail Village. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
In the Renaissance, glass mosaics fell out of fashion in favor of murals and sgraffito, but were resurrected during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, peaking in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [The Prague Post] Reference
The castle's windows deserve particular attention: on the east side of the inner courtyard they are of the late Gothic and Renaissance style, while on the west sgraffito window frames can be admired. From Wordnik.com. [Budapest Times]
In the Borgo Nuovo they executed a façade in sgraffito, and on the Canto della Pace another likewise in sgraffito; with a façade of the house of the Spinoli, not far from that last-mentioned, on the way to the. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto] Reference
Mary, a new pottery works has been started quite lately in the exact locality where, over one hundred years ago, were situated the Dichl and Headman potteries, where my highly-prized, old sgraffito plate was manufactured. From Wordnik.com. [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference
He decorated the exterior of many Roman palaces in sgraffito, a form of painting where, over a dark background, often stucco, a lighter-coloured layer was painted, and designs, scratched through the light layer, only showed dark on light (en camaïeu). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
For the Chevalier Guidotti he decorated in sgraffito the façade of his house in the Via Larga, and he also executed another of great beauty for Bartolommeo Panciatichi, on the house (now belonging to Ruberto de 'Ricci) which he built on the Piazza degli Agli. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto] Reference
This is called "sgraffito", which means. From Wordnik.com. [10. Decoration] Reference
15th century, Buncheong ware with sgraffito design. From Wordnik.com. ['Art of the Korean Renaissance'] Reference
Scratching or "sgraffito". From Wordnik.com. [10. Decoration] Reference
"Aunt Sarah, how was sgraffito ware made?. From Wordnik.com. [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference
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