Title: Two Little Antique Silver Blue Enamel Dish Plates
Shipping: $19.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: Northern Europe > Denmark
Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 1920 to 1930
Item ID: 3458
These are two antique sterling silver blue enamel painted dish plates. They are Stunning Antique Art deco dishes ~ This is very high quality. You are looking at two gorgeous vintage silver blue enamel dishes, dating to the 1920's 1930s. As you can see, these dishes are done in the most gorgeous creamy blue, with a wonderful overall decorative design. The back of the dish is all silver but without the decorative design. The condition is excellent; no enamel loss whatsoever. Some very minor wear and tiny scratches to the painted surface in places. Overall, two exceptional display pieces! Made in Denmark by Egon Lauridsun #925S
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_enamel
Vitreous enamel, or just enamel (or porcelain enamel in U.S. English), is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius (1380 and 1560 degrees Fahrenheit). The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. The fired enameled ware is a fully laminated composite of glass and metal. According to some sources, the word enamel comes from the High German word smelzan (to smelt) via the Old French esmail. Used as a noun, "an enamel" is a usually small decorative object, coated with enamel coating. Enameling is an old and widely-adopted technology, for most of its history mainly used in jewellery and decorative art, but since the 19th century applied to many industrial uses and in everyday day consumer objects.
