under-glazeadj.n.
/ˈʌndəɡleɪz/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌɡleɪz/ 1.
a. under-glaze painting, the process of painting on pottery before the application of the glaze. Also in other collocations, as under-glaze design, under-glaze work, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > under-glaze
under-glaze1879
under-glaze painting1879
1879 J. C. L. Sparkes Handbk. Pract. Pottery Painting (ed. 3) 28 Oil mediums may be used for over-glaze and for under-glaze work.
1883 Harper's Mag. July 259/1 The underglaze painting of pottery.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 643/2.
1925 Heal & Son Catal.: Table Wares A simple brushwork under-glaze design in blue and red.
1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World ii. 49 (caption) Chinese porcelain bowl with blue underglaze design.
b. absol. as n. in the same sense.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery > types of
steel lustre1829
moonlight lustre1837
stone-oil1838
silver lustre1845
porcelain enamel1852
marzacotto1873
overglaze1880
under-glaze1882
coperta1885
tiger's-eye1893
tin-glaze1897
hare's fur1899
lead-glaze1899
tin-enamel1900
rouge flambé1902
Sunderland lustre1903
transmutation glaze1904
Mohammedan blue1905
peach bloom1937
sang-de-bœuf1957
lead-lustre-
1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 4 Plaques painted in under-glaze.
1884 American 7 217 The mysteries of ‘overglaze’ and ‘underglaze’.
2. Of colours: Used in, adapted for, this method of decoration.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [adjective] > relating to paint > qualities of paint
under-glaze1879
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > underglaze painting
under-glaze1879
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > under-glaze
under-glaze1879
under-glaze painting1879
1879 J. C. L. Sparkes Handbk. Pract. Pottery Painting (ed. 3) 45 An under~glaze flesh tint may be made of claret brown.
1883 American 7 119 The good effects of underglaze colors depend so essentially upon the firing.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 643/2 The soft subdued colours of the under~glaze pigments.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. ii. 49 An under~glaze color is a concentrated pigmenting agent that depends upon the glaze subsequently applied over it for ‘life’ or gloss and brilliance.
1980 R. Adams Girl in Swing i. ii I took out the Copenhagen plate, with its under~glaze blue wave mark.
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adj.n.1879