Cloisonne Elephants
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Copper
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Victorian Animal Sculptures
Metal, Enamel
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Bronze
Antique 19th Century Asian Antiquities
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Vases
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Copper
Early 20th Century Japanese Vases
Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Vases
Enamel, Ormolu
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Brass, Enamel
Early 20th Century Japanese Vases
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Jars
Bronze, Enamel
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Antique 1860s French Japonisme Centerpieces
Enamel, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Enamel, Bronze
Antique 1870s French Japonisme Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century French Japonisme Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 1870s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Crystal, Onyx, Bronze, Enamel
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Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Ceramic, Earthenware
Antique 1870s French Japonisme Vases
Bronze
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Wool, Nylon, Polyester
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Wool, Polyester
20th Century Chinese Vases
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Wool, Nylon, Polyester
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique 1790s Chinese Qing Lacquer
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Textiles
Silk
Vintage 1960s German Hollywood Regency Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Benches
Paint, Wood
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardi...
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Vases
Pottery
Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Metalwork
Bronze, Enamel
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Copper
Vintage 1920s Chinese Metalwork
Enamel
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Louis XVI Ceramics
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Enamel, Ormolu
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20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Metal, Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Antiquities
Antique 1890s Japanese Metalwork
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Serving Pieces
Bronze, Enamel
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
20th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Metalwork
Copper, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Metalwork
Metal
20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Candlesticks
Metal
20th Century Animal Sculptures
Coral
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings
Metal, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Lacquer
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Metal
Mid-20th Century Animal Sculptures
Bronze, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures
Enamel
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Tea Caddies
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Floor Lamps
Bronze
Vintage 1960s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Brass, Enamel
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Copper, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Floor Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Metal
Antique Mid-19th Century French Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and J...
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Table Lamps
Early 20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Early 20th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Enamel, Bronze
Antique 1860s Japanese Japonisme Vases
Bronze, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Meiji Table Lamps
Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Planters and Jardinieres
Brass, Enamel
Antique 1880s French Table Lamps
Enamel, Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Vases and Vessels
Enamel
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Bronze, Enamel
Antique 19th Century English Planters and Jardinieres
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Vases and Vessels
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Metal
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Metal
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Metalwork
Bronze, Enamel
20th Century Japanese Vases
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Chinese Metalwork
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures
Marble
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Porcelain
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- What is vintage cloisonne?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022In jewelry terms, a piece that is between 50 and 100 years old is considered vintage. Cloisonne jewelry is made by filling in tiny pockets or cloisons with ground glass, oxides and colorful enamels. This means that a piece of cloisonne jewelry that is 50-100 years old would be considered vintage. Shop a collection of vintage cloisonne from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is cloisonné jewelry?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 8, 2024Cloisonné jewelry is jewelry that has been decorated with a distinctive enameling technique.
Cloisonné (“cell” in French) is a technique in which thin wires of fine silver or gold are used to outline a design, which is then filled with enamel. The piece is subsequently placed in a kiln where the enamel is melted. Cloisonné is distinct because the individual wires remain visible, forming an outline of the motif.
Over the years, enameling has become an art form. This is partly because of its durability: Although the colors may change during firing, once cooled, they’re set and never fade. They can also be made either opaque or translucent — just one example of the flexibility that is another reason artists are attracted to the medium.
When it comes to jewelry design and other disciplines, cloisonné enamel was popular during the Byzantine Empire (artisans living in France and Germany in the Middle Ages preferred champlevé). By the 7th century, Lombard craftsmen in northern Italy were using enamel to emulate Byzantine objects. In the 12th and 13th centuries, artisans in China imported the technique and made it so much their own that enameled objects have long been associated with Eastern aesthetics and motifs rather than Western ones.
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