Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C (1...
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Look up enamel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Enamel may refer to: Vitreous enamel, a smooth, durable coating for metal, made of melted and fused...
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it should not be confused with decorated objects in "painted enamel", where vitreous enamel is applied with brushes and fired in a kiln. The name is something...
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Cloisonné (redirect from Cloisonné enamel)
vitreous enamel has been used, but inlays of cut gemstones, glass and other materials were also used during older periods; indeed cloisonné enamel very...
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Glass (redirect from Vitreous state)
can be coloured by adding metal salts or painted and printed with vitreous enamels, leading to its use in stained glass windows and other glass art objects...
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Vitreous china is an enamel coating that is applied to ceramics, particularly porcelain, after they have been fired, though the name can also refer to...
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porcelain enamel (also known as glass lining, glass-lined steel, or glass fused to steel) is the use of porcelain enamel (also known as vitreous enamel) for...
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Thomas Fattorini Ltd (section Vitreous enamelling)
its vitreous enamel skills. The company is known for its design and manufacture of livery and civic insignia which often uses the colourful enamel for...
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Look up vitreous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vitreous may refer to: Glass, an amorphous solid material Vitreous enamel, a material made by fusing...
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Cast-iron cookware (redirect from Enameled cast iron)
food after the heat source has been removed. Enameled cast iron is cast iron that has a vitreous enamel glaze applied to the surface. The fusion of the...
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Grisaille (category Vitreous enamel)
a window may be done in grisaille using, for example, silver stain or vitreous paint, while other sections are coloured glass. Monochrome work is sometimes...
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Magnet wire (redirect from Enameled wire)
insulation is typically made of tough polymer film materials rather than vitreous enamel, as the name might suggest. The most suitable materials for magnet...
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Airport station (MBTA) (category Railway stations with vitreous enamel panels)
Airport station is a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Blue Line and the SL3 branch of the Silver Line. It is located...
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Staub (cookware) (category Vitreous enamel)
Staub is a premium French enameled cast iron cookware and bakeware manufacturer that was originally headquartered in Turckheim, Alsace, France. The first...
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Guilloché (category Vitreous enamel)
development of the engine-turning machine. A red guilloché enamel Boule de Genève Guilloche work with enamel Bouquet of Lilies Fabergé Egg Solar guilloche pattern...
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House of Fabergé (category Vitreous enamel)
jewellery and watches in 18 carat gold and platinum with gem stones, vitreous enamel and diamonds. In collaboration with Fabergé expert Géza von Habsburg...
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Lustron house (category Works in vitreous enamel)
loan to manufacture mass-produced prefabricated homes that featured vitreous enamel-coated steel panels (U.S. patent 2,416,240). Led by Chicago industrialist...
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Overglaze decoration (redirect from Overglaze enamelling)
overglaze enamels have been applied. The technique essentially uses powdered glass mixed with coloured pigments, and is the application of vitreous enamel to...
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famous, but not the most high quality, European centre of champlevé vitreous enamel production by the 12th century; its works were known as Opus de Limogia...
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An enamel sign is a sign made using vitreous enamel. These were commonly used for advertising and street signage in the period 1880 to 1950. Benjamin Baugh...
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intricate form of vitreous enameling, allowing the illustration of small, detailed, iconographic portraits. The development of the Byzantine enamel art occurred...
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Cellini Salt Cellar (category Works in vitreous enamel)
been of great interest to Europeans. The salt cellar is made of gold, vitreous enamel, ebony and ivory. The gold is not cast in a mold, but instead hammered...
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Fused quartz (redirect from Vitreous silica)
Tellurite glass Thoriated glass Ultra low expansion glass Uranium glass Vitreous enamel Wood's glass ZBLAN Glass-ceramics Bioactive glass CorningWare Glass-ceramic-to-metal...
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or painting in little. During the second half of the 17th century, vitreous enamel painted on copper became increasingly popular, especially in France...
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Enamelled glass or painted glass is glass which has been decorated with vitreous enamel (powdered glass, usually mixed with a binder) and then fired to...
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Bernard Hesling (section From murals to enamels)
muralist and painter who lived and worked in Australia and produced many vitreous enamel artworks and wrote humorous autobiographies. Hesling was from a Yorkshire...
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Becket Casket (category Works in vitreous enamel)
with champlevé enamel to tell the story of Thomas Becket through literal and symbolic imagery. An exemplary showcasing of the Limoges enamel technique, this...
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Le Creuset (category Vitreous enamel)
a French-Belgian maker of cookware. They are best known for producing enameled cast-iron cookware. The company first manufactured their products in the...
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dome is constructed of aluminium and the outer surface is clad with vitreous enamel-baked triangular steel panels decorated with a rosette of verses from...
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Tellurite glass Thoriated glass Ultra low expansion glass Uranium glass Vitreous enamel Wood's glass ZBLAN Glass-ceramics Bioactive glass CorningWare Glass-ceramic-to-metal...
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