Enamel

Scope note

A usually opaque, vitreous coating, composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, clay, soda, and borax, applied by fusion to surfaces especially of metal, ceramic, or glass; has a glossy appearance upon hardening.

This term has 1,594 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300014910

Broader Terms used

<coating by composition or origin>

Narrower Terms used

baked enamel
japan (enamel)
porcelain enamel

Equivalent Terms used

enamels
enamels (coatings)

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Saucer dish

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Knife, fork and sheath

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Knife and sheath

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Plate

Plate: The Boar and the Wolf

Maker(s)

Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
Printer: Unknown (Uncertain)
Printer: Battersea Enamel Manufactory (Uncertain)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Vase

Maker(s)

Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory

An image of Biberon

Biberon

Maker(s)

Thimblecase

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Jug

‘Tudor Rose’ jug

Maker(s)

Potter: A. G. Richardson and Co
Designer: Rhead, Charlotte

An image of Box

Box

Maker(s)

Production: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

An image of Figure

Milkmaid

Maker(s)

Production: Enoch Wood (Possibly)

Double-sided Pectoral Cross

Maker(s)

Maker: Dunlop, Sibyl
Enameller: Koningh, Henri de

Tinker from the Auvergne

Maker(s)

Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

A porter

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim

Paris as a Shepherd

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Scheurich, Paul

An image of Amphora

Amphora

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Plate

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Painter: Löwenfinck, Adam Friedrich von (Possibly after)

Tea-caddy

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory

Chinese Boy wearing a Cabbage Leaf Hat

Maker(s)

Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim (Probably)

Superintendent or Chief Inspector of the Saxon Silver Miners (Berghauptmann)

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Kändler, Johann Joachim
Modeller: Reinicke, Peter

Plaque

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Pendant Reliquary Cross

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Vase

Maker(s)

Production: Meissen Porcelain Factory

Watch

Maker(s)

Maker: Regy, Pre (unidentified)

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