parcel-gilt

British  

adjective

1. partly gilded, esp (of an item of silverware) having the inner surface gilded

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Etymology

Origin of parcel-gilt

C15: from parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) + _gilt ¹

Example Sentences

A betel-leaf and perfume-service in the silver-gilt of Mysore is accompanied by elaborately-chased goblets and rose-water sprinklers in ruddy gold and parcel-gilt, the work of Kashmir and Lucknow.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin-chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in Wheeson week.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

It shows, besides, some of the gemmed and enamelled work and parcel-gilt ware for which that territory, hidden away among the Himalayas, is so celebrated.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

A table in the stern was spread with a light collation, which gave an excuse for the display of parcel-gilt cups, silver tankards, and Venetian wine-flasks.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Nothing daunted, however, Irving explored the neighbourhood, and was rewarded, as he thought, by running to earth Dame Quickly's "parcel-gilt goblet" in a tavern near by.

From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Shelley, Henry C. (Henry Charles)