Enamel Jewelry
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Ruby, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s European Empire Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold, E...
1960s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s French Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s French Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Bronze, Enamel
1960s Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
1960s French Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s American Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Gilt Metal
1960s American Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Enamel
1960s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s Artist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s French Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Black Opal, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Uruguayan Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s French Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, Enamel
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Rhodium, Enamel, Gilt Metal
1960s German Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Enamel
1960s German Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Spanish Victorian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s French Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Stainless Steel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Enamel
1960s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yell...
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Enamel Jewelry
18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
1960s American Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Gilt Metal
1960s American Modern Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
1960s American Artisan Vintage Enamel Jewelry
White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s Unknown Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold, Enamel
1960s American Modernist Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1960s Italian Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Unknown Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Enamel, Gold Plate
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Amethyst, Diamond, Tsavorite, 14k Gold, White Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Enamel Jewelry
Gold Plate, Enamel
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Enamel Jewelry
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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