Definition of parcel-gilt in English:

parcel-gilt

adjective ˈpɑːs(ə)lɡɪlt

(of an item of furniture, silverware, or similar) partly gilded, especially on the inner surface only.
Example sentencesExamples
- The second dessert set consists of eighteen dessert knives with parcel-gilt blades and a frosted finish (Pl. II).
- Lot five is described as a parcel-gilt silver Japanesque flatware service circa 1878.
- Grand pyxides could be made in silver, such as the Swinburn Pyx, c. 1310 (London, V & A), a parcel-gilt cylindrical box originally decorated with basse-taille enamel.
- His proposals, which were all executed by Holland and Sons, who were awarded the contract, employ Puginian motifs in a heavily ornamental way, designed to be executed in parcel-gilt walnut.
- On the oak cabinet are two exquisite objects that represent the sort of small decorative arts that might have been in a collector's cabinet: a nautilus shell cup and a silver and parcel-gilt covered cup.
- The busts, as well as the silver and parcel-gilt decorations, are by the Augsburg goldsmith Ludwig Schneider.

Origin

From parcel in the technical adjectival sense 'partial' + gilt¹.

单词	parcel-gilt
释义	Definition of parcel-gilt in English: parcel-gilt adjective ˈpɑːs(ə)lɡɪlt (of an item of furniture, silverware, or similar) partly gilded, especially on the inner surface only. Example sentencesExamples The second dessert set consists of eighteen dessert knives with parcel-gilt blades and a frosted finish (Pl. II). Lot five is described as a parcel-gilt silver Japanesque flatware service circa 1878. Grand pyxides could be made in silver, such as the Swinburn Pyx, c. 1310 (London, V & A), a parcel-gilt cylindrical box originally decorated with basse-taille enamel. His proposals, which were all executed by Holland and Sons, who were awarded the contract, employ Puginian motifs in a heavily ornamental way, designed to be executed in parcel-gilt walnut. On the oak cabinet are two exquisite objects that represent the sort of small decorative arts that might have been in a collector's cabinet: a nautilus shell cup and a silver and parcel-gilt covered cup. The busts, as well as the silver and parcel-gilt decorations, are by the Augsburg goldsmith Ludwig Schneider. Origin From parcel in the technical adjectival sense 'partial' + gilt¹.
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