- due to W. Haidinger. Old
names for the
species are Glaserz,
silver-glance and
vitreous silver. A
related copper-rich
mineral occurring e.g. in Jalpa, Zacatecas...
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Vitreous enamel, also
called porcelain enamel, is a
material made by
fusing powdered gl**** to a
substrate by firing,
usually between 750 and 850 °C (1...
- The Mérode Cup is a
medieval silver-gilt cup
decorated with
finely engraved birds,
fruit and vine leaves. It was made in
France in
Burgundy in
about 1400...
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Portions of a
window may be done in
grisaille using, for example,
silver stain or
vitreous paint,
while other sections are
coloured gl****.
Monochrome work...
- or gl****
fused to steel) is the use of
porcelain enamel (also
known as
vitreous enamel) for industrial,
rather than artistic, applications.
Porcelain enamel...
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enamels en
ronde bosse,
where three-dimensional
surfaces are
coated in
vitreous enamel;
others include the Holy
Thorn Reliquary in the
British Museum and...
- (1444) of Visitation; pot metal,
including white gl****,
black vitreous paint,
yellow silver stain, and olive-green enamel. The
plant patterns in the red...
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separated by
metal strips or wire,
normally of gold. In
recent centuries,
vitreous enamel has been used, but
inlays of cut gemstones, gl**** and
other materials...
-
feasting cup of a type
known as a mazer. The wood bowl and the
elaborate silver-gilt "boss" in the
centre are
dated "fairly firmly" to
between 1314 and...
- die struck, or cast into the
surface of a
metal object, and
filled with
vitreous enamel. The
piece is then
fired until the
enamel fuses, and when cooled...
