Lithophane definitions

Lithophane

1) Ceramic material 2) Type of pottery decoration
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Lithophane

A lithophane (French: lithophanie) is an etched or molded artwork in thin very translucent porcelain that can only be seen clearly when back lit with a light source. It is a design or scene in intaglio that appears `en grisaille` (in gray) tones. A lithophane presents a three-dimensional image - completely different from two-dimensional engravin.....
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Lithophane

[moth] Lithophane is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. ...
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Lithophane

• (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade. • (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as in a lamp shade.
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lithophane

Thin, translucent porcelain panels or plaques that on being held to the light reveal a picture or design with a three-dimensional effect. Lithophanes were usually made of unglazed, biscuit porcelain, and were set into lampshades and lanterns, hung in windows or moulded into the base of mugs. A wax master of the design was modelled from which a plas...
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lithophane

biscuit, or unglazed, white porcelain decorated with a molded or impressed design, usually reproducing a painting, that was meant to be seen by ...
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Lithophane

Lith'o·phane noun [ Litho- + Greek ... to show, reveal.] Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as in a lamp shade. -- Lith`o*phan'ic adjective -- Li*thoph'a*ny noun
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/50

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Lithophane

Lith`o·phane noun [ Litho- + Greek fai`nein to show, reveal.] Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/50

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