It is a common mis-perception that the term guilloché refers to a TYPE of enamelling when the term actually refers to a PROCESS. Guilloché, phonetically pronounced gee-oh-SHAY , is from the French word meaning...
Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for...
DAMASCENE A process of inlay where a soft metal is placed with an harder metal DELFT JEWELRY Classic blue and white earthenware usually framed in silver DENIM LAPIS A low grade of lapis lazuli DRESS CLIP A...