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Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work.
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A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work.
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An enameling technique in which the individual cells for the enamel powder are created by carving compartments into the base.
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enameling technique where metal has been etched or carved away and the resulting depressions filled with enamel
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(for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
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Enameling on copper or bronze, similar to cloisonne', in which a glass paste is applied to the hollowed out design, fired and ground smooth
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A type of enamel in which the design is cut into the silver with ridges left between colors to separate them.
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A method for decorating metal in which hollowed-out areas are filled with colored enamel and then fired.
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Enamelling technique using a graver to hollow a design in the metal surface to form cells that are filled with enamel.
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