parcel-gilt
/ˈpɑːs(ə)lɡɪlt
/adjective
(Of an item of furniture, silverware, or similar) partly gilded, especially on the inner surface only.On the oak cabinet are two exquisite objects that represent the sort of small decorative arts that might have been in a collector's cabinet: a nautilus shell cup and a silver and parcel-gilt covered cup....
- The busts, as well as the silver and parcel-gilt decorations, are by the Augsburg goldsmith Ludwig Schneider.
- Lot five is described as a parcel-gilt silver Japanesque flatware service circa 1878.
Origin
From parcel in the technical adjectival sense 'partial' + gilt1.
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