A study of the artist's way of working in the various handicrafts and arts of design (1905)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 157
PAINTING ON OPAQUE GLAZE it, that is, it has been painted upon the paste forming the body before the glaze was added, and partly over the glaze, that is, painted upon it before the last tiring. These over-glaze paintings are often called enamel painting. It is evident … Fig. 34. Persian plates (Marquand Collection) that such pieces cannot be finished by means of a single tiring ; the vase as modelled at first may be fired at a low temperature to keep its shape per- fect, and then a second time with the under-glaze painting ; a third time with the glaze, a fourth…
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