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champlevé1856
sunk enamel1882
basse-taille1899
plique à jour1899
impasto1903
minakari1970
1899 H. Cunynghame Art-enamelling i. 12 Gold was also used for champlevé work... The later style of this is called ‘basse-taille’, and consists in carving out a subject in a thick plate of gold in low relief.
1956 G. Taylor Silver i. 17 Bassetaille is a rather more sophisticated form of enamelling in which the ground is decorated with engraving.
1962 Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 45/2 A Louis XV gold eye-glass case..the exterior decorated in coloured ‘basse taille enamels’ with diamond push-piece.
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