Appliqué

A ceramic finishing technique that involves joining shaped pieces of plastic body to a leather-hard surface by pressure. The applied pieces can be functional, as with handles, or decorative, as the rope decoration and modeled figures.

Decoration or ornament applied to or laid on another material, such as metal on wood or embroidery on cloth; a ceramic finishing technique that involves joining shaped pieces of a plastic body to a leather-hard surface by pressure. The applied pieces can be functional (e.g., handles) or decorative (e.g., figures).