caelatura

Noun

caelatura (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) The art of producing decorative metalwork other than statuary, such as reliefs, intaglios, engravings, and chasing.
   • Caelatura (toreuma, τορευτική), however, in its commonest acceptation, is goldsmith's work applied to the decoration of vessels either in intaglio, relief, or the flat.1898, A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 125
   • A branch of art allied to the cælatura is that of die-sinking and gem-engraving.1880, Americanized Encyclopedia Britannica, Revised and Amended