Enamel painting in blue, red and gold; greenish transparent glass; opaque glass

Ingredients

Enamel, Gold

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

French glass producers like Philippe-Joseph Brocard and Pfulb & Portier utilized enamel painting techniques. Brocard's work includes greenish transparent glass with enamel painting in red, blue, white, and green (p. 180). Decorative elements such as gold lines were placed within the enamel ornamentation (p. 180). On some vessels, Brocard sought an 'improved Oriental style' which involved interweaving ornamentation motifs like medallions and cartouches, a technique traditionally found in Spanish-Moorish stucco decorations like those of the Alhambra (p. 182). Pfulb & Portier developed shapes like glass goblets with coloured enamel painting on a golden background (p. 183).

Evidence

"Enamel painting in blue, red and gold. Red contour lines. (p. 179) ... Enamel painting in red, blue, white and green. Gold lines within the enamel ornamentation. (p. 180)"

Remarks

The pigments were applied to objects imitating Mamluk and Ottoman models. Brocard's vase (J 340) is a true copy of a 14th-century long-necked Mamluk model from the Rothschild collection (p. 181). Occasional tables featured opaque glass with enamel painting in blue, light blue, white, red, and green, selecting motifs from Ottoman Iznik ceramics of the 15th-16th centuries, specifically the saz motif (p. 191).