filigree enamel - the containing wires are twisted and the surface is not ground smooth.
painted enamels - paintings on enamel ground with china colors.
plique a jour - cloisonné without a metal base.
Filigree Enamel: A type of decoration similar to cloisonné enameling but having the cloisons made of twisted wire, (rather than flat strips of metal), soldered to the base and filled in with opaque enamel.
A variation of filigree enamel in which the design is made on small plaques which are attached to the article to be decorated. The designs have mainly floral motifs.
Topaz filigree ring
by metalicious
Filigree Enamel
Similar to cloisonné enamel but made with twisted wire instead of flat strips of metal ...
Popular during the mid-Victorian period was a solid black, blue, or white enamel used to fill engraved designs. See Arts and Crafts, champlevé, cloisonné, faberge, filigree enamel, guilloche, and plique-a-jour.
 See also: Filigree, Jewelry, Enamel, Jewel, Diamond
  
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