niellowaren.
/nɪˈɛləʊˌwɛː/, U.S. /niˈɛloʊˌwɛ(ə)r/ Goods or objects decorated with niello, esp. those produced in Thailand.
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1967 National Geographic July 83/2 The tourist boats tied up at an enormous bazaar, offering..moonstones, blued and engraved silver called niello ware, teak elephants, flatware in gold-colored Thai bronze.
1975 S. J. Perelman Vinegar Puss 196 The guest's card was relentlessly wooed by shops chockful of..nielloware, fly whisks, Benares brass, lacquered betel boxes.
1994 Air Cargo World (Nexis) Oct. 6 Thailand's nielloware..is made of either gold or silver, carved in designs that are filled in with a special type of alloy, thereby forming intricate surface patterns.
2001 Borneo Bull. (Nexis) 17 June Malay silversmiths learned the art of making the enamelled silver known as nielloware from their Thai neighbours in Patani.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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