Crossword-Solution: UNDERGLAZE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Underglaze | a. | Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting. |
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| in pottery, a glaze put on before the main glaze | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes.
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Sentences with UNDERGLAZE (5)
When they come out there is another chance for decorating, for colors may be put on, and another firing will make them look like underglaze painting If the decorator wishes the ware to have the appearance of being ornamented with masses of gold, he can trace his design in yellow paste, fire it, cover it with gold, and fire it again.
The most extensive application of coloured glazes was, however, that made by the Chinese, who developed this type of colour decoration before they used painted patterns in underglaze colour.
With the exceedingly refractory felspathic glazes of Chinese porcelain very few underglaze colours could be used; and the prevalence of blue and white among the early specimens of Chinese porcelains is due to the fact that cobalt was almost the only substance known to the potters of the Ming dynasty which would endure the high temperature needed to melt their glazes.
Instead of the simple glazes, of uniform colour, of the earlier productions, underglaze colours--green, purple, blue and a brown of the tint of burnt sienna which passes into a glossy black where it is thick--were applied in bold splashes under the straw-coloured glaze, producing a rich and decorative effect by very simple means.
Lessore painted in underglaze colours in a delicate sketchy style figure-subjects, mostly adapted from old engravings.