Enamel Jewelry
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Rose Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Greek Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Enamel
1950s American Byzantine Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1950s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1950s Norwegian Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Copper, Enamel
1950s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Unknown Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Peridot, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1950s Italian Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Enamel
1950s Italian Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Enamel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
1950s Swedish Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Silver, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s French Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Enamel, Yellow Gold
1950s German Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Silver
1950s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Copper, Enamel
1950s Swedish Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Sterling Silver
1950s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Enamel
1950s French Romantic Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gilt Metal, Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel
1950s French Byzantine Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s French Renaissance Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Silver Plate, Bronze, Enamel
1950s French Regency Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s Unknown Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Rose Gold, Enamel
1950s Austrian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s Unknown Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s British Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s French Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s American Baroque Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Base Metal, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s French Medieval Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gilt Metal, Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sterling Silver, Silver, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
1950s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Enamel
1950s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Gold, Gold, Enamel
1950s French Anglo-Indian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Bronze, Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1950s Italian Russian Empire Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel
1950s Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
14k Gold, Enamel, Yellow Gold
1950s British Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Sterling Silver
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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