单词 | plate-mark |
释义 | plate-markn. 1. = hallmark n. a. Now rare.Between 1784 and 1890, plate-marks also included the head of the reigning sovereign as a mark showing that duty had been paid. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [noun] > on gold or silver touch1423 sterling stamp1684 hallmark1721 sterling mark1776 plate-mark1858 countermark- 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 292/1 Plate-marks, special marks..stamped on gold or silver plate. 1883 Chambers's Encycl. VII. 585 There can be no deception, if the public understand the plate-marks. 1994 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 3 Dec. e2 Hallmarks, actually platemarks, on your very decorative teapot indicate it is silver plated rather than sterling. 2. An impression left on the margin of an engraving by the pressure of the plate, and regarded as a sign of the quality and authenticity of the print. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > a print > plate-mark plate-mark1889 plate line1931 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 62 If a plate mark is wanted it can be easily put on when the mat is partly dry by using the edge of a blunt chisel-shaped piece of hard wood, with a ruler as a guide. 1903 Daily Chron. 28 Dec. 3/4 It has..been alleged that the plate mark has been added to the prints subsequently. 1923 A. M. Hind Hist. Engraving (ed. 3) Introd. 15 The amateur should bear in mind than an impression on which the plate-mark (i.e. the limit of the impress caused by the printing) has been cut away..does not possess the value which attaches to a perfect print. 1962 S. W. Hayter About Prints 53 A serious disadvantage to this way of treating proofs is that the indentation of the platemark will be stretched out flat. 1993 Ashmolean Summer–Autumn 17/1 He made extensive use of embossed whites, used burin lines in counterpoint to thick velvety blacks, and shaped the plate so that the plate mark, instead of signalling the boundary of the image, is a contributory element in it. Derivatives ˈplate-marked adj. having a plate-mark. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [adjective] > of gold or silver hallmarked1888 plate-marked1894 1894 Cent. Mag. Oct. 845 The original editions..were issued more often than not with plate-marked sides. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 7 May 12/2 Portraits..printed..on handsome plate-marked boards, with gold bevelled edges. 2001 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Sept. 82 The Fred Hosking Signature Collection evokes the old world charm of personal stationery from bygone eras... Sets of 20 contain a choice of paper or platemarked notecards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1858 |
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