May 20, 2000 11:13
24 yrs ago
German term
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passig
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Nearly finished fighting this Meissen water jug, but can anyone explain "passig", with relation to the shape of a bowl? Apparently it´s possible for a round item to be "fünfpassig" or "zehnpassig geschweift", for example.
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scalloped
an Alta Vist search for 'passig' in German yields lots of hits for auction sites (many of which are no longer available). However, some of them have pictures. Forthe objects shown at http://www.wagner-auktionen.de/katalog/keramik.html, and in particular www. van.ham.com/auktion/A190/produkt802.htm, I would definitely use the word 'scalloped'.
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Anya Malhotra
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I'm not sure what to call this in English, but I think what it means is that the shape is in the form of e.g. 5 or 10 circles with openings on one side (about 1/4 of the circle) grouped around another circle with their openings facing the inner circle.
Don't know if that picture is clear or not. The German definition (from Wahrig) is: Ornament der got. Baukunst, fünf Dreiviertelkreise, die sich mit den offenen Seiten um einen Kreis gruppieren.
Basically it gives a bit of a flowery appearance. Hope someone else knows what it is called in English.
HTH Anya
Don't know if that picture is clear or not. The German definition (from Wahrig) is: Ornament der got. Baukunst, fünf Dreiviertelkreise, die sich mit den offenen Seiten um einen Kreis gruppieren.
Basically it gives a bit of a flowery appearance. Hope someone else knows what it is called in English.
HTH Anya
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lobe (?)
The first explanation is good, but you still need an English word. I don't know the specialist term (if there is one), but lobe might be acceptable (with a bit of circumlocution).
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