email ombrantn.

Brit.

/eɪˈmʌɪ ɒ̃ˈbrɒ̃/,

/eɪˈmʌɪ ɒmˈbrɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌeɪˈmaɪ ˌɑmˈbrɑnt/

Inflections: Plural emaux ombrants.

Forms: 1800s– émail ombrant, 1900s– email ombrant. Also with capital initials.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French émail ombrant.

Etymology: < French émail ombrant (1842 or earlier) < émail enamel (see email n.¹) + ombrant , use as adjective of past participle of ombrer to shade (see umber v.¹). Compare earlier email n.¹The technique was developed in France around 1842; wares so decorated won an award at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 (compare quot. 1852). The plural form reflects the French plural émaux ombrants.

Now rare.

A process for decorating pottery in which a transparent coloured glaze is poured over an etched or stamped design, the impressions of the design appearing as shadows. Cf. email n.¹

ΚΠ

1852 Rep. Juries Exhib. 1851 II. 1193 It is called ‘émail ombrant’, and consists in flooding coloured but transparent glazes over designs stamped in the body of the ware.

1880 C. A. Janvier Pract. Keramics viii. 95 In these the pattern is..exactly the opposite of the émaux ombrants.

1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 83/2 Email ombrant, an illusionist style of decoration like lithophane but the intaglio decoration was filled with coloured glaze (usually green) which produced a monochrome picture in a variety of tones.

1989 M. G. Karmason & J. B. Stacke Majolica iv. 73 Some pieces fall into to more than one category; others are best defined by a particular decorative technique—for example, Émail Ombrant and Argenta ware.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	email ombrant
释义	email ombrantn. Brit. /eɪˈmʌɪ ɒ̃ˈbrɒ̃/, /eɪˈmʌɪ ɒmˈbrɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌeɪˈmaɪ ˌɑmˈbrɑnt/ Inflections: Plural emaux ombrants. Forms: 1800s– émail ombrant, 1900s– email ombrant. Also with capital initials. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French émail ombrant. Etymology: < French émail ombrant (1842 or earlier) < émail enamel (see email n.¹) + ombrant , use as adjective of past participle of ombrer to shade (see umber v.¹). Compare earlier email n.¹The technique was developed in France around 1842; wares so decorated won an award at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 (compare quot. 1852). The plural form reflects the French plural émaux ombrants. Now rare. A process for decorating pottery in which a transparent coloured glaze is poured over an etched or stamped design, the impressions of the design appearing as shadows. Cf. email n.¹ ΚΠ 1852 Rep. Juries Exhib. 1851 II. 1193 It is called ‘émail ombrant’, and consists in flooding coloured but transparent glazes over designs stamped in the body of the ware. 1880 C. A. Janvier Pract. Keramics viii. 95 In these the pattern is..exactly the opposite of the émaux ombrants. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 83/2 Email ombrant, an illusionist style of decoration like lithophane but the intaglio decoration was filled with coloured glaze (usually green) which produced a monochrome picture in a variety of tones. 1989 M. G. Karmason & J. B. Stacke Majolica iv. 73 Some pieces fall into to more than one category; others are best defined by a particular decorative technique—for example, Émail Ombrant and Argenta ware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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