An Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art and Archaeology / Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations.

by John W. Mollett

Wayn-cloutt, O. E. A waggon-cloth.

Wax. Bleached bees’-wax is the vehicle in encaustic painting.

Wax painting. (See Encaustic Painting.)

Weathercock. (See Fane.)

Weathering, Arch. The slope of flat surfaces, for drainage.

Webbing Tape. A kind of broad tape.

Fig. 697. Wedgwood Vase.

Wedgwood Ware. The manufacture of Josiah Wedgwood begun in 1759, at Etruria, in Staffordshire. A fine white, cream-coloured ware, having a clear and hard body, with more compact glaze and more perfect substance than the majolica. Many of the groups on Wedgwood vases and plaques were designed by Flaxman. (Fig. [697].)

Weepers, O. E. Statues in niches round tombs, representing the mourners.