History of enameling in the world
Before Christ, enamelling was a sensory-innate art that originated among different ethnic groups. The history of this art goes back to the skill of Egyptian artists in using glass glaze on some objects. The oldest surviving specimen is a gold bead belonging to the Masonic civilization around 1450 BC. (BC) is decorated with blue glaze, enamel and decoration.
They became acquainted with enameling around the sixth century BC, using this method to decorate ornaments made of very thin gold and silver wire tapestries with enamel glaze.
Celtic artists in 400 BC. Enameling was also used in jewelry making, and the art was popular until the Roman Empire. In addition to decorating jewelry with carved gemstones, the Romans used enamel to decorate medals and large pieces of jewelry.
After the birth of Christ, the Byzantine-era enamel works culminated. The eighth to twelfth centuries, which were worked on pure gold with pure colors and plant motifs, represent the highest level of this art in the Middle Ages.
Significant developments and new ways of enameling art reached its peak during the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, enamel painting was used to decorate small valuables, and in the eighteenth century, many English watchmakers used enameled plates for various clocks. The proliferation of industrial methods, such as the use of advanced furnaces, ready-to-print designs on white enamel backgrounds, and decorated with enamel paints and gilding, enabled artists to produce a variety of works in a shorter time.
The use of copper metal instead of gold and the use of ready-to-print designs, which were used on several occasions, made the enamel works produced by Beaufort available to the public. In the meantime, the small boxes of the Enfiedan, many of which were reminiscent of a particular history or place, are among the most common surviving works of the eighteenth century.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Western artists were able to use enamel glaze on ferrous metals, and thus commercial enameling entered a new phase, as art was used to decorate household items, from metal kitchen utensils to bathrooms.
The brilliance of Far Eastern enamel art, which began in China in the fourteenth century and peaked in the eighteenth century, has played an important role in the country’s industry. Decorative objects and works of art made from this art in different periods well represent the evolution and brilliance of Chinese enameling art.
In modern times, jewelers and artists have used their own methods to use a variety of enamel methods, in most cases using matte colors and geometric designs to decorate silver or copper objects.
In the modern era, enameling did not belong to specific individuals, and modern industrial advances such as the use of home electric ovens, easy access to raw materials, and tools have provided the ground for the exploitation of those interested in the art.
