parcel-gilt

British  

adjective

1. partly gilded, esp (of an item of silverware) having the inner surface gilded

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Etymology

Origin of parcel-gilt

C15: from parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) + _gilt ¹

Example Sentences

The chased parcel-gilt ware of Kashmir occupies three cases: it is graven through the gold to the dead-white silver below, softening the lustre of the gold to a pearly radiance.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

Thou didst swear to me upon a parcel-gilt goblet, sitting in my Dolphin-chamber, at the round table, by a sea-coal fire, upon Wednesday in Wheeson week.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

The actual amount of plate taken at 'His Majesty's visitation' on this occasion was 1,553 oz gold plate, 6,853 oz. gilt plate, 933 oz. parcel-gilt plate, 190 oz. white plate.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

A betel-leaf and perfume-service in the silver-gilt of Mysore is accompanied by elaborately-chased goblets and rose-water sprinklers in ruddy gold and parcel-gilt, the work of Kashmir and Lucknow.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

It shows, besides, some of the gemmed and enamelled work and parcel-gilt ware for which that territory, hidden away among the Himalayas, is so celebrated.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various