TECHNICS TERMS
| "Aile " | Outline of a plate |
| Acanthus | Ornemental sapling with acanthus leaves |
| "Aplat" | Thin layers of translucent colours |
| Arabesque | Ornament of flowers, fruits and lines |
| Art fire | Successful alchemy when unpolished powders change into polished and luminous colours |
| "Bichrome" | Painted with two colours |
| "Biscuit" | First cooking of the porcelain without enamel |
| "Bleu de Four " | Oven blue. Colour cooked at 1400 °C (cobalt) |
| "Camaïeu" | Shade of tones of the same colour |
| "Cartel" | outline painted surface |
| "Chambrelan" | Independant ornemental painter on porcelain in the 19th century |
| "Chantourné" | Cut according to a determined shape |
| "Chatironné" | Outline with a thin black thread |
| Enamel | Matter covering the porcelain, polished and translucent |
| "Drageoir" | Sugar-almond box |
| "Entrelac" | Interlaced decors |
| "Finition peignée " | Motives as if they were painted with a comb |
| "Marli" | Internal outline of the edge of the plate |
| Medallion | Painted surface - curved or carved |
| "Piedouche" | Leg of a cup from the italian word : piedoutchio (small lovely leg) |
| "Polychrome" | Painted with several colours |
| "Putoisage" | Realization of plain or speckled grounds with a special paint-brush : the "putois" |
| "Rafraichissoir" | Pot ful of ice formely used to cool glasses |
| "Rinceau" | Decor with winding lines |
| "Semis" | Repeated motives of flowers |
| "Volute" | Ornement in a spiral |