barbotinen.
/ˈbɑːbətɪn/ A thin creamy mixture of kaolin clay used to ornament pottery; pottery ornamented with barbotine. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > materials
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way
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1865 E. Meteyard Life & Wks. J. Wedgwood II. 122 The edging and letters in relief..being formed in yellow barbotine or slip.
1883 Standard 15 May 1/2 (advt.) Lessons daily in Painting on glass, china, and barbotine.
1888 Atalanta Sept. 692/2 ‘Barbotine’ work is like very rough painting with thick impasto.
1891 Mag. of Art 353/1 There is ‘barbotine’ for those who like it—rich in colour.
1914 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 573/1 (Rep. Ashmolean Mus.) Fragments of barbotine ware, showing that this type of pottery was popular in Memphis as well as in the Sudan.
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