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

He works, likewise, in silver point, that delicate and difficult medium; he draws pastel illustrations for children's fairy tales; he works in portraiture with red chalk or oils.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

From these windows he also made sketches in silver point of the distant ranges, each form modelled with exquisite delicacy and perfection, though in faintest tones.

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

Below them came slopes in delicate silver point: olive trees quivering in the dazzling light, and, in the foreground, a low belt of pines, straggling out like a fringe round the sandy race course.

From The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine