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Conques<\/strong> Reliquary casket<\/strong> Technique<\/strong> Last stadium was polishing, attaching glass eyes to the figure head, and the attaching with rivets to the casket.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/limoges-enamel-copper-gilded-12thcentury-leftside.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” show_bottom_space_tablet=”on” show_bottom_space_phone=”on” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ hover_enabled=”0″ alt=”limoges-enamel-copper-gilded-12thcentury”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/limoges-enamel-copper-detail.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ hover_enabled=”0″ alt=”limoges-enamel-copper-detail”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”30px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/limoges-enamel-copper-gilded-12thcentury.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” align_last_edited=”off|desktop” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ alt=”limoges-enamel-copper-gilded-12thcentury”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”|2px|||false|false”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_margin=”22px||22px||false|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/archief\/” button_text=”BACK TO ARCHIVE” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”12px” button_text_color=”#6b6b6b” button_border_width=”1px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”3px” button_use_icon=”off”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LIMOGES ENAMELED FIGURE ca. 1250 Conques Early in the twelfth century, French goldsmiths at the Benedictine Abbey of Conques in the hills of the ancient province of Rouerque, began to create enamels whose jewel-like colours and rich, golden surfaces belied their fabrication from base copper. Within a generation, this technique was established in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1765,"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1243\/revisions\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verhaarantiquair.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Early in the twelfth century, French goldsmiths at the Benedictine Abbey of Conques in the hills of the ancient province of Rouerque, began to create enamels whose jewel-like colours and rich, golden surfaces belied their fabrication from base copper. Within a generation, this technique was established in the area of the Limousin itself.<\/p>\n
This figure should be grouped with a number of enamelled figures and cabochons on reliquary caskets that are dateable to about the mid-thirteenth century.
The figures, like pierced medallions were created from 2 to 5 mm copper sheet in repouss\u00e9 technique. Their initial rough forms were raised from the back, and finished and articulated from the front. Gravers were used to remove metal, sharpen details and create decorative patterns, apparent in incised lines of drapery patterns. Punches were used to create decorative or textual effects.<\/p>\n
Cells were cut out to be filled with slightly damp powdered glass. After fusing the enamel in the oven, gilding was almost the last step in the fabrication. An amalgam of mercury and gold was brushed onto the surfaces that were to be gilded in a oven on low heat. The gold did not adhere to the surface of the enamel.<\/p>\nLIMOGES ENAMELED FIGURE<\/span><\/h4>\n
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