What is the meaning of Lithophane?

  • (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window or used as a lamp shade.
  • (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as in a lamp shade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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