pontil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pontil
From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at point, -il
Example Sentences
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After this it might be used in its simple condition, or ornamented with engraving, while the bottom of the foot, still rough from contact with the pontil, was to be ground, smoothed, and then polished.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
Zorzi now had the whole vessel, with its spout and handle, on the pontil.
From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
The glass blower, after finishing his tumbler on the pontil, held the pontil in a horizontal position over this metal vessel, struck it a smart tap, and the glass tumbled off into the wire cage.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
"Why don't you discover a social pontil, then?"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
A little farther on, a workman, loading his pontil, by repeated dippings, with a large quantity of glass, dropped the lump into an open basin hollowed in the surface of one of the iron tables.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
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