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European enamels (1906)

Cunynghame, Henry H (Henry Hardinge), Sir, 1848-1935 · London : Methuen · leaf 233

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CIRCULAR PLATEAU, APPARENTLY BY JEAN COURT DIT VIGIER THE DECORATION IN GRISAILLE COMPRISES THE TRIUMPH OF DIANA, A REMARKABLE BORDER OF GROTESQUE MONSTERS,AND THE PORTRAIT AND MONOGRAM OF DIANE DE POICTIERS … PAINTED ENAMELS much sought after. The design is often good ; butthe over-employment of brilliant paillon marks agreat want of taste. There is also an enameller who seems to havelived about the end of the sixteenth century, calledPape. All sorts of conjectures have been made asto his identity. By…

Enamel and enameling

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