▪ I. ˈoverglaze, n. Ceramics.
[over- 8.]
A second glaze applied to a piece of pottery, e.g. when the first glaze has been painted on. Also in Painting.
| 1880 Harper's Mag. Nov. 904/1 The work most familiar to us as taught in America during the last three or four years has all been on the over-glaze. 1884 American VII. 217 Enthusiastic amateurs have grappled with the pottery question, and the mysteries of ‘overglaze’ and ‘underglaze’ have engrossed [etc.]. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture ii. 49 Overglazes can be applied in several ways, the most frequent of which are direct painting with a soft brush, and fine spraying. 1948 F. A. Staples Water-Color Painting x. 116 Now that the first tone..is dry, the second, an overglaze, is painted. 1974 Savage & Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 208 Over⁓glaze..is by means of colours termed enamels. |
▪ II. ˈoverglaze, a.
[over- 8.]
a. Of painting: On or connected with a glazed surface. b. Suitable or used for painting on glazed surfaces.
| 1879 J. C. L. Sparkes Handbk. Pract. Pottery Painting 28 Oil mediums may be used for over-glaze and for under-glaze work. Ibid. 31 In painting on china, earthenware and all ‘over-glaze’ ware with enamel colours the procedure is as follows. 1881 Harper's Mag. May 835/1 It was..the most extensive and satisfactory exhibit of amateur overglaze decoration made up to that time. 1883 Ibid. July 259/1 The overglaze painting of tea-cups. 1936 Burlington Mag. Oct. 145/2 Figural designs in polychrome over⁓glaze painting. 1970 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 46 Ginger jar with underglaze blue landscape decoration and later added dragons and flowers in overglaze colours. 1973 Country Life 7 June 1591/3 By the early 1770s..the head colourman, Constantine Smith, had invented a dark, semi-matt, over-glaze blue enamel of exceptional brilliance. |
▪ III. overˈglaze, v.
Also 6 -glase.
[over- 8.]
trans. To glaze over, to cover with a glaze or polish; hence, † to coat or plate with a thin covering of something better, to veneer (obs.). Hence ˌoverˈglazing vbl. n.
| 1592 Greene Upst. Courtier F iij, The Sadler, he stuffes his pannels with straw or hay, and ouer glaseth them with haire. Ibid. F iij b, You sell him a swoorde or rapier newe ouerglased, and sweare the blade came either from Turkie or Toledo. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture ii. 49 Overglazing is a process in which color or overglazes are applied over glazes for decorative effects; they require an additional exposure to heat. a 1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 18/2 Over-glazing. This usually occurs on very porous or easy fired ware. Over-glazing can frequently lead to stuck ware and can cause underglaze colours to run. |