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To exploit the classical revival started by the recent excavations in Pompeii, Wedgwood is embossing his Jasper Ware with bas-relief of Greek and Roman figures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at that little girl sweeping the crossing; See how the mud her bare legs is embossing!

From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.

Quite a number of inquiries have come to me as to what is "embossing" or "grilling."

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various