sgraffito

Decoration produced on pottery or ceramic by scratching through a surface of plaster or glazing to reveal a different color underneath.

Ware decorated in this manner.

Same as graffito decoration (which see, under graffito).

Same as graffito ware (which see, under graffito).

A kind of pottery made in England, in which clays of different colors are laid one upon another and the pattern is produced by cutting away the outer layers, as in cameos and cameo-glass.

Scratched; — said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.

To produce a design using this technique.

a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground