. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 60.— Olivia. Enamelled Plaque in Translucent by Alex. Fisher. ground covers the copper, while translucent and opaqueenamels play into this. The sixteenth century craftsmen ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 89 were very skilful in using an opaque enamel so that themodelling was given by the ground colour showing throughthe white. When we consider the size of the dishes,plaques, ewers, and other articles successfully fired by theseLimoges craftsmen, knowing the risks run wherever workhas to go through the ordeal by fire, it increases ouradmiratio
. Art crafts for amateurs . No. 60.— Olivia. Enamelled Plaque in Translucent by Alex. Fisher. ground covers the copper, while translucent and opaqueenamels play into this. The sixteenth century craftsmen ENAMELLING AND ENAMELLED JEWELLERY. 89 were very skilful in using an opaque enamel so that themodelling was given by the ground colour showing throughthe white. When we consider the size of the dishes,plaques, ewers, and other articles successfully fired by theseLimoges craftsmen, knowing the risks run wherever workhas to go through the ordeal by fire, it increases ouradmiration of their productions, though the designs they. No. 61.—Eldorado, set with jewels, in Translucent Enamels andSteel Settings. Designed by Alex. Fisher. carried out may not be quite to our taste. Anyone whohas tried enamelling knows that in these sixteenth centuryworks the enamellers thoroughly gauged the capabilities oftheir craft, and used it to secure the best results. Theymade no attempt to produce the effect of an oil painting ora miniature, but worked to display the peculiar resources ART CRAFTS FOR AMATEURS. and individualities of their craft, which is justwhat weshould do and what we can do without in any way imitatingthese old Limoges enamels. It is to that end that I directthe readers attention to the importance of keeping beforeone that enamelling is a colour art, and that certainqualities of colour (as though we overlaid metals with gems),as well as the colours themselves, are the prerogatives ofthis craft, and this craft alone. The tyro might take such forms as a butterfly, beetle,bird, or peacocks feather, and carry o
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