Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . bossed vases in the NeapolitanMuseum, tliat this embossed work was formed, either byplating with a thin leaf of metal figures already raised uponthe surface of the article, or by letting the solid figures intothe substance of the vessel, and finishing them with delicatetools after they were attached. In the second sort the inlaidwork was even with the surface, and was called crusta^ andthe art wa
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . bossed vases in the NeapolitanMuseum, tliat this embossed work was formed, either byplating with a thin leaf of metal figures already raised uponthe surface of the article, or by letting the solid figures intothe substance of the vessel, and finishing them with delicatetools after they were attached. In the second sort the inlaidwork was even with the surface, and was called crusta^ andthe art was called, from the Greek, This is thesame as the damask work so fashionable in the armour of thefifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which is often seen beautifully inlaid with gold. It was executed by engraving thepattern upon the surface of the metal, and filling up the lineswith fine plates of a different metal; the two were then unitedwith the assistance of heat, and the whole burnished. Pliny * Ep. 5. f Cir. vi. ver. 52. % Athenoeus. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 547 has preserved a receipt for solder, wliich probably was usedin these works. It is called santema ; and the principal ingre-. Brouze figure inlaiil with embletic work. dients are borax, nitre, and copperas, pounded with a smalltjuantity of gold and silver in a copper mortar. The vase which accompanies the lamp in the plate just 548 pompeii. given was found in a house opposite to the side door of thecovered portico of Eumachia. It is very elegant in shape,and is a good specimen of that which we have called embleticwork. The inlaid ornaments are admirably relieved by thedeep colour of the bronze. This specimen of ancient art isworthy to serve as a model to goldsmiths and chasers inmetal. There are six different moiddings in it, each rich invariety of ornament. The beautiful proportions, and corre-spondence of the body and the foot, are also deserving ofattention. Another vase in the same plate, of different form,
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