intaglio

Gems he has returned and will now go on display include an intaglio made from black glass with a bust of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

A collection-based exhibition is now in the works, focusing on intaglio prints from the Renaissance to the present, likely to open in December.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

The most handsome pieces are the result of such traditional techniques as intaglio, lithography and screen printing, sometimes employed in tandem.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2018

Hundreds of historical images of Manhattan are rendered in sumptuous color or in monochromatic plates produced by intaglio, the method used to print currency.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2015

Instead, I am staring at the pile of notes, at the soft wax impressions, an intaglio in reverse.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

At Santa Maria in Organo, where are the wonderful intagli of Fra Giovanni da Verona, the sacristan fully shared our sorrow that the best pictures could not be unveiled as it was Holy Week.

From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells

Antonio Pucci, in the eighty-fifth canto of his Centiloquio, distinctly states that Giotto carved the earlier ones, i primi intagli fe con bello stile, and Pucci was almost Giotto's contemporary.

From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner

"I have one or two intagli of much beauty," said Tito.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

LAMBETH—Shortly before the closing of the court, Mr. Septimus Luker, the well-known dealer in ancient gems, carvings, intagli, &c., &c., applied to the sitting magistrate for advice.

From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

These intagli would be interesting relics for collectors of such flotsam and jetsam of a ruined dynasty. 

From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang

The colorful intaglios — gems with incised carvings — likely fell out of signet rings worn by wealthy third-century bathers, and ended up trapped in the stone drains.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

The tradition of intaglios goes back to the Sumerian period in Mesopotamia, where figures were gouged by hand into softer stone.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2023

Auctioneer James Laverack said reverse crystal intaglios were a popular form of jewellery "for both gentlemen and ladies in the Late Victorian and Edwardian period".

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2018

Staff noticed a hidden drawer which contained about 30 items of jewellery, most with animal pictures on - called reverse crystal intaglios.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2018

This remarkable work is studded all over with engraved intaglios of Roman workmanship.

From Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt