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encrusted enamelling
art technique
Also known as: émail en ronde bosse
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- In enamelwork: Encrusted enamelling (émail en ronde bosse)
Encrusted enamelling is the term used to describe the technique of enamelling the irregular surfaces of objects or figures in the round or in very high relief. Both opaque and translucent enamels are applied to these small-scale sculptural objects,…
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European jewelry
- In enamelwork: 15th century to the present: European
Employing another technique, encrusted enamelling, they created both large-scale, three-dimensional compositions and miniature work to be worn as jewelry. Among the finest and earliest surviving examples is the Reliquary of the Holy Thorn (in the Waddesdon bequest in the British Museum): the Holy Thorn, set in a gem,…
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