Pounce

Description

1) A finely powdered pigment used to imprint or transfer a pattern from one surface to another. Pounce is usually composed of Charcoal, Chalk, pipe clay, or Umber.

2) A finely powdered resin used as a sorbent for ink. Resinous pounce is usually composed of Sandarac mixed with Pumice or Cuttlebone. It is sprinkled over calligraphy to prevent the ink from spreading.

Synonyms and Related Terms

1: stamping powder

Resources and Citations

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pounce_%28calligraphy%29 (Accessed Mar. 1, 2006)