Glossary entry

Catalan term or phrase:

Argent daurat, cisellat i repussat, fosa

English translation:

gilt silver

Added to glossary by Andy Watkinson
Feb 4, 2004 16:04
20 yrs ago
Catalan term

Argent daurat, cisellat i repussat, fosa

Catalan to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Hi.

I've encountered these terms in an otherwise "translator-friendly" text, referring to relics and reliquaries.
I'll post them one by one.
Is there a Cat>Eng. doctor in the house?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Feb 4, 2004:
Reliquiari del vel de la Mare de D�u
Segona meitat del segle XV
Argent daurat, repujat i cisellat amb elements de fosa
51 x 28 x 17,5 cm
Tresor de la Catedral de Barcelona

Proposed translations

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Catalan term (edited): Argent daurat
Selected

gilt silver

In case you did not make up your mind on this one yet.

CMA Exhibition Feature : Arm Reliquary of the Apostles: Examining ...
... Apostles Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, about 1195 Silver, gilt silver, and champleve ... Arm
Reliquary of the Apostles: Examining an Object with X-Radiography. ...
www.clevelandart.org/exhibcef/ consexhib/html/armrel.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
Academia Antiques Popular Collectibles Directory
... Original state. A ART NOUVEAU GILT SILVER MATCH BOX. Catalogue: Popular Collectibles:
Specialty: Tobacco: Pre 1910: item #124313 (stock #00075). ...
www.trocadero.com/Academiaantiques/ catalog/Popular_Collectibles.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
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Antique Silver - Silverware from Kaleden
... $575.00 USD Description: This heavy, handsome round silver box, weighs approximately ... $325.00
USD Description: This rare and handsome gilt silver Gorham serving ...
www.kaleden.com/category,silver-silverware-17.html - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

liverymedals_2
... May 25 1927 Centenary within laurels, boxed, 35mm, and the box gilt embossed ... 29 COOKS
COMPANY Livery badge, this in heavy gilt silver, Friedrik Gotleib Wolf ...
www.simmonsgallery.co.uk/2001site/ medals/Livery/liverymedals_2.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
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Drawing Room of Newport Antiques from the Gilded Age of Newport ...
... Material: gilt silver. Unmarked. We attribute the maker as Huguenin Freres
and Co. {Swiss}. No box and no documents. From a private collection. ...
www.drawrm.com/military.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
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silver that has been gilded, engraved, embossed and smelted

silver that has been gilded (or is gold-plated), engraved (cisellat), embossed (repussat) and smelted


HTH


Sheila
Peer comment(s):

agree Berni Armstrong : except I'd leave off smelted - IMHO it's redundant - how else could you have forged it?
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