grand feu
Americannoun
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a firing of ceramics at a high temperature.
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the category of ceramic colors fired at high temperature.
Etymology
Origin of grand feu
1860–65; < French: literally, great fire
Example Sentences
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Being all completed in one baking, au grand feu, the painting thus executed became imperishable.
From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers
Fearing to be too late, one of the armed men let off his piece, which was the signal for a grand feu de joie.
From The Island Queen by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
But for delicate modelling, where colour is a secondary consideration and where refinements may be obscured by too much gloss, the grand feu porcelain or salt glaze are the best and only alternatives.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by George J. Cox
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