Enamel Necklace

Enameling for jewelry has been used for a long time. The process of enameling helps to add shades to different types of antique and vintage necklaces without the need for gemstones. The evidence of enabling can be traced back to ancient Greece. Throughout history, many different techniques have been favored by different cultures of people. Such as the byzantine empire preferred cloisonne enamel meanwhile champleve was highly preferred by the people living in France and Germany. However, the most famous technique, ‘plique a jour’ was favored by everyone from the art nouveau period. Most artists prefer enameling because it helps them to add illustrative quality to their antique and vintage necklaces which can be found on various auctions for sale these days.

Some of the highly practiced techniques to create antique and vintage enamel necklaces as mentioned above are Cloisonné, Champlevé, and Guilloché. Cloisonné is known as a cell in french. It is a process where some thin layer of wires either made up of gold or silver are used to draw the outline of the preferred design. Later it is filled with enamel. Talking about Champlevé, it is also known as a level field in french.

This type of enamel is very different from cloisonné. In this process, the depressions that we see in metal are made by chiseling. After that, the layers of enamel are formed until they reach slightly above the metal. Finally, Guilloché another technique widely used. This technique is done with the help of a lathe. In this method, the enamel is applied to a metal that has already been designed using a lathe. From simple enamel necklaces to elegant and classy enamel necklaces at auction for sale can be found on Bidsquare. Visit our platform for some of the stunning enamel necklaces for sale at an online auction.