If an object is incised with a design, the design is carefully cut into the surface of the object with a sharp instrument. After the surface is polished, a design is incised or painted. a set of chairs incised with Grecian scrolls. to cut a pattern, word etc into something, using a sharp instrument (inciser, from incisus, past participle of incidere )
A decoration found on pottery consisting of lines drawn into wet clay When fired, the arrangement of lines leaves a permanent design on the vessel surface
meander in a river, a deep steep-sided meander (bend) formed by the severe downwards erosion of an existing meander There are several incised meanders along the middle course ot the river Wye, near Chepstow, Gwent
Sharply impressed into the body, as a trademark or form number on the base of a stein Base markings were normally applied by impressing a metal die into the clay while it was still in the "green" state
Deep, well defined channel with narrow width to depth ration, and limited or no lateral movement Often newly formed, and as a result of rapid down-cutting in the substrate
or cutting designs into the clay with a sharp tool or a fine wire loop is usually a lineal type of decoration INLAY or "Mishima" - is the continuation of the above process After the incisions are cut into the clay they are filled with a thick slip of a contrasting colored clay When partially dried, the excess is scraped off flush with the surface