Schwarzlot
pottery
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glazing of German pottery
- In pottery: Tin-glazed ware
…first they mostly used the Schwarzlot technique—decoration in a black, linear style that was nearly always based on line engravings. Faience thus decorated dates from about 1660 and is the work of Johann Schaper (died 1670), who had been a Nürnberg glass painter, J.L. Faber, and others. Polychrome enamel decoration…
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technique of glassware decoration
- In glassware: Germany
…in black or sepia (Schwarzlotmalerei)—a technique borrowed from the stained-glass artist—was used to decorate the small cylindrical beakers (often resting on three hollow ball feet), which were a locally favoured shape. Other colours, notably red used in touches with the black, were occasionally employed. The greatest and most original…
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