oil gilding
or oil-gilding
noun
gilding of glass or ceramic ware by using a size of japan or lacquer.
Origin of oil gilding
1First recorded in 1840–50
Words Nearby oil gilding
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How to use oil gilding in a sentence
oil gilding is employed with varnish polish, upon equipages, mirror-frames, and other furniture.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis is the most beautiful and expensive style of gilding, but it does not bear washing as oil gilding does.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleThis is ornamented with oil gilding, which in use has almost disappeared.
Chats on Old Earthenware | Arthur HaydenVery fine soft oil gilding was executed for some years, about 1786, by a German called Grahl.
Old Irish Glass | Graydon StannusBoth the cushion and tip will be described in detail under the head of Oil-gilding.
The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating | M. Digby Wyatt
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