silver point

American  

noun

1. the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.

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silver point

Then they will inspect Leonardo’s tools — red chalk, ink and silver point — and use their own versions to create imaginative art.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2014

The whole point of the book is to delight people who can understand that "Debussy is the wettest music —passion done in silver point," and similar subtle apperceptions.

From Time Magazine Archive

For pure line drawing nothing equals it, except silver point, and great draughtsmen, like Ingres, have always loved it.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

That their faces shine Betwixt the solemn clasping of their wings Clasped high to a silver point above their heads,— We only guess from hence, and not discern.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The finest of all, except the famous 'Lemon Tree,' which is in silver point, and was done in 1859, are the products of a visit to Algeria in 1857.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington