barbola

[prettygoodword]

barbola (bar-BOH-luh) - n., decoration (on ceramicware) of flowers, fruits, and the like made from barbotine or clay slip.


Also called more fully barbola work. Can be applied by hand or using a pipe like an icing pipe. My usual dictionaries don't give an etymology, but some relation to barbotine (from the French word for thin slip, clay diluted with water to make it more plastic, from barboter, to splash) seems extremely likely. Here's an ancient Egyptian example:


Thanks, WikiMedia!

---L.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

makes a note of this one

[prettygoodword]

Indeed

[lolaley]

This pot reminds me of medieval church floor tiles.

[prettygoodword]

Now that's an interesting connection ...

[lolaley]

It made almost the same.

https://youtu.be/ek6JxcbrXZM?si=CVHy5CV3u1le_nHp

https://youtu.be/iEFFG02lYOs?si=s0jMPYAg3-F2rtBG

[med_cat]

Very interesting, thanks :)