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Definition of Engobes
1. engobe [n] - See also: engobe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engobes
Literary usage of Engobes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1910)
"The first series of engobes were designed to show effect of various clays in ...
The engobes were applied by dipping. The clays that gave the best results ..."
2. The Clayworker's Hand-book: A Manual for All Engaged in the Manufacture of by Alfred Broadhead Searle (1906)
"... specially adapted to bring out a special quality in each, without much regard
to the rest. Glazes and engobes are prepared for use in the form ..."
3. Architectural Pottery: Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terracottas, Ordinary by Léon Lefêvre (1900)
"engobes, or Dips. engobes are either white or coloured. ... Coloured engobes are
used for the same object as white ones, or, as is more frequent, ..."
4. The Collected Writings of Hermann August Seger by Hermann August Seger, Hermann Hecht, Eduard Cramer (1902)
"engobes AND COLORED OPAQUE CLAY PASTES (Schlicker) engobes are used for ...
The engobes must possess a different composition, according to whether they are ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1859)
"... white and purple engobes are very sparingly employed, and the incised decorations
disused. The public and private collections of Rome have been enriched ..."
6. Wood products: Distillates and Extractsby Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer by Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer (1908)
"Glazes and engobes.—Glazes and Their Composition—Glaze Materials—The Preparation
of Glares—Coloured Glazes—engobes anil Glazes for same—Porcelain Glazes. ..."
7. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including ...by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1904)
"Glazes and engobes. — Glazes and Their Composition— Glaze Materials — The
Preparation of Glazes — Coloured Glazes — engobes and Glazes for same — Porcelain ..."
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