Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worker in niello; a maker of niellos.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who practices the style of ornamentation called
niello .
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- noun One who practices the style of
ornamentation calledniello .
Etymologies
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niello + -ist
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Examples
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By the end of the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, whole suits of armour were almost invariable, and then came the opportunity for the goldsmith, the damascener, and the niellist.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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He studied under the goldsmith and niellist Francia, and later often signed his work M-A.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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