Painted decoration applied to finished, glost-fired faience or porcelain glaze using metal oxide colours (suspended it an oily medium) and then fired for a third time at low temperatures (650°C-850°C) in a muffle kiln. Such overglaze painted decoration is usually found on more elaborately decorated faience, porcelain and refined white earthenware vessels.

Translation Sandy Haemmerle

Synonym: Overglaze painted decoration

German: Muffelmalerei

French: Peintures de petit feu

References:

Blondel 2001
Nicole Blondel, Céramique, vocabulaire technique, Paris 2014, 255, 260-261