. Enamels . times orna-mented with transparent champleve enamel whichis plain and easy to see, but the httle pictures ofshepherds and shepherdesses, the portraits, flowersand fruits, the gods and goddesses, and land-scapes, the simpering ladies, which look out fromthese treasures may be called enamels insomuchas they are painted and fired on to an enamelground; but we can in nowise class them withthe earlier work, the champleve or cloisonneenamels of the middle ages, nor even do they asenamels deserve the respect that we may bestowon the painted productions of Limoges. Much the same may be sai
. Enamels . times orna-mented with transparent champleve enamel whichis plain and easy to see, but the httle pictures ofshepherds and shepherdesses, the portraits, flowersand fruits, the gods and goddesses, and land-scapes, the simpering ladies, which look out fromthese treasures may be called enamels insomuchas they are painted and fired on to an enamelground; but we can in nowise class them withthe earlier work, the champleve or cloisonneenamels of the middle ages, nor even do they asenamels deserve the respect that we may bestowon the painted productions of Limoges. Much the same may be said of our Battersea,Bilston, and Liverpool work on copper; of thebowls and vases, cups and saucers, patch andsnuff-boxes which were made rather later, aboutthe second half of the eighteenth century. Themetal-work of these is extremely dainty, and callsfor the highest praise; and the simple little boxesand vinaigrettes with their lids fitting so neatlyand well, enamelled all over with white, blue, or PLATE XXV. TEA CAODY. HATTEKSKA ENAMEL PAINTED ENAMELS 141 other light opaque colour, with just a little mottoor small design painted on, are very charming,but do not rank high as works of art in enamel,and those which are printed from engravings stillless so. Only a little is known of these Englishenamel factories, and although the work producedby them is now sought after, in their day theyhad very little success and soon came to anend. The Germans produced similar work, rather moreelaborate, on powder-flasks, knife and pencil cases,and many little boxes. Russian painted enamelwork, too, but on a larger scale, was executed asearly as the seventeenth century. In the BritishMuseum are bowls used for ecclesiastical purposesof this period, painted in designs almost Orientalin character, and reminding us of the largeArmenian tray, placed among Chinese enamels,referred to in the chapter on Oriental also was done in Spain, and in otherEuropean countries, but it was in France that
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