th opaque and transparent coloursare used, and it is on this blending ofthese two qualities that much of theeffect depends. The metal showingthrough the transparent enamelsproduces the efifect of a gem, andthin plates of gold and silver arefused to the copper to give particularqualities of colour…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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