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Describes types of snuff boxes made during the period inculding: gold, silver and other metals; hardstone, porcelain, enamel, lacquer, tortoiseshell, horn, ivory, and wood.
An exhibition by the Department of Art, Brown University, January 26 - March 3, 1991.
Used to embellish objects of great value and importance, enamelling is an artistic process that has been in existence for more than 1000 years. Craftsmen from throughout the world have experimented with this complex process that fuses layers of coloured glass to metal.Erika Speel, a leading expert in the field, has taken on the enormous task of interpreting the vast history associated with enamelling to produce the first single reference volume that surveys the entire period, and production methods, of the medium.Featuring 80 illustrations, Painted Enamels is an invaluable reference volume for all those who collect, study, create or enjoy enamels.
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