Enamel Jewelry
20th Century American Modern Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century Modern Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century American Modern Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1990s Italian Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1970s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1910s Edwardian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Enamel
Late 20th Century Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, Platinum
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 1900s Antique Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1990s American Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Enamel
1990s American Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Silver
1980s German Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1970s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1990s American Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century American Retro Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century American Modern Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1980s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1980s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
19th Century American Antique Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, Enamel
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Late 20th Century American Modern Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Enamel Jewelry
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, Gold
20th Century Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Enamel
1980s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1920s North American Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
14k Gold, Enamel
1980s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century American Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Gold-filled, Yellow Gold, Enamel
20th Century Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1980s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
1970s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1940s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1890s Victorian Antique Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Antique and Vintage Enamel Jewelry and Watches
From vibrant to subtle, elegant to cheeky, vintage and antique enamel jewelry and watches encompass a wide range of colors and styles, and there are almost as many techniques for creating these distinctive pieces.
Enameling is one of the oldest forms of surface decoration, used to add color to jewelry without having to rely on gemstones. Evidence of enameling goes back to ancient Greece. Throughout history, far-flung cultures favored different techniques. For example, cloisonné enamel was popular during the Byzantine Empire, while artisans living in France and Germany in the Middle Ages preferred champlevé. And Art Nouveau jewelry designers favored plique à jour.
At its core, enamel is the fusion of powdered glass to metal, and artists like enameling because it allows them to add a painterly or illustrative quality to their work.
Cloisonné (“cell” in French) is a technique in the creation of enamel jewelry that sees the use of thin wires of fine silver or gold 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.
Champlevé (“level field” in French) enamel is almost the opposite of cloisonné. In this technique, depressions in the metal are made by etching, engraving or chiseling, and then layers of enamel are built up until they rise slightly above the surface of the metal. The enamel is then fired and polished.
Guilloché is a technique in which translucent enamel is applied to a piece of metal that has had designs cut into it using a lathe. After the firing, the patterns on the metal become visible. Guilloché was made famous by Peter Carl Fabergé, whose jewelry house used the technique on many of its objets d’art as well as jewelry.
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