Enamels

EnameUng Is the master art craft d he world, and tho enamels of Jaipurio ïajputana rank before all others and in of matchlesgperfection. Itia the luinglfd jrilliance of iU greens, blues and redi, aid on One gold, which makes the sapcr ative excellence and beauty of the Jaipo enamels. Even Paris cannot paint goM with the ruby and coral red, emfratö ïreen and turquolse and sapphire bluMol the enamels oí Jaipur, Labore, Uentra and Lucknow. There are three forms of enamelin:;. Il the first the enamel is applied to meUlu aint to canvas: in the Eecond traiis;ifent enamels are laid over a design wblrb bas been etchcd on or hammered outal the metal. Both of these are compi tively modern methods. The third forn, jy encrustation, is very ancleut aod known undor two varieties, nainely, tk cloiwnue, in which the pattern is rai the 6urface of the mutal by means o( 6trljl of metal or wire welded on to it; umi'" champ-lnr, in which the patu-m i. of the metal itself. In both var:. attern is iilled in with the enamel. B all forms of true enameling the colorlij ;laze has to be fused on to the Theie is indeed a fourth form, i iv the Japanese. They pain t in the c ern coarsely, as in the'first four, Dd tn outline it with strips of copper orgoldM initate true cloisonue enamels.