on-glaze, a. (n.) Ceramics.
[f. on prep. + glaze n.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating colour, a pattern, etc., applied on top of a glaze; = overglaze a. Also as n., colour, etc., applied on top of a glaze.
| 1897 Sparkes & Gandy Potters i. 56 The class of enamel colours... The name of overglaze or onglaze is borne by the whole group. 1913 J. C. Wedgwood Staffordshire Pott. viii. 131 There was something crude and hard about the effect of the on-glaze printing. Ibid. 133 In 1770 he [sc. Josiah Spode] leased Banks' works in the centre of Stoke, and began making printed cream colour. This was the old ‘on-glaze’, or ‘black’ printed ware, used to guide the enameller rather than as a decoration by itself. 1957 Mankowitz & Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pott. & Porc. 65/2 The development of on-glaze enamelling c.1760 by the Daniel family in Hot Lane. Ibid. 168/2 On-glaze, decoration applied after the ware has been glazed and fired. 1959 Which? Oct. 127/1 A good deal of decorated pottery has patterns applied on top of the glaze, because this allows a much wider range of colours to be used... With this type of decoration, known as on-glaze, the colours are directly exposed to the action of the detergent. 1961 M. Jones Potbank xxv. 108 On-glaze decoration, working on ware that has been glazed and then fired, is more usual [than under-glaze decoration]. 1969 Canad. Antiques Collector Feb. 10/1 After this glost firing the onglaze enamel paintings of birds and flowers are done. 1974 Nature 25 Jan. 197/2 Cadmium sulphide has been shown by x-ray diffraction to be present in the onglaze decoration. |