lithophane

[Greek lithos = a stone, and phaino =to cause to appear.] A style of ornamentation suitable to lamps, windows, and other transparencies, and prepared by impre ing thin sheets of porcelain, while soft, into figures, which become visible when viewed by transmitted light. 11th-o-phos-phor, s . [Greek lithos =stone, and phosphoros =bringing light.] A stone which becomes