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Impressing

Scope note

Producing indented marks or decorations on a surface by pressing with a shaped tool; used especially with reference to decorations created by pressing a shaped metal or wooden stamp or a coggle wheel into soft clay before firing.

This term has 54 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000233405

Equivalent Terms used

impressed

Created

12yrs ago

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