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Plique-a-jour
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Plique-a-jour

1900 - 1920
Description

This is a unusual antique of fine quality, hand painted enamels as seen in photo with beautiful scrolls.

Plique-a-jour is a French word meaning "open to light" in the decorative arts. It is a technique producing translucent enamels held in an open framework made by soldering individual wires or delicate metal strips to each other, rather than to a supporting surface as in cloisonne.

Physical Dimensions
Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
12.5cm (4.92")
Depth
7.5cm (2.95")
Declaration

Carlton House Antiques has dated this Plique-a-jour Enamel Bowl to the 1920s.

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SA835724
Description
This is a unusual antique of fine quality, hand painted enamels as seen in photo with beautiful scrolls.

Plique-a-jour is a French word meaning "open to light" in the decorative arts.

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It is a technique producing translucent enamels held in an open framework made by soldering individual wires or delicate metal strips to each other, rather than to a supporting surface as in cloisonne.
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Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
12.5cm (4.92")
Depth
7.5cm (2.95")
Date of Manufacture

Carlton House Antiques has dated this Plique-a-jour Enamel Bowl to the 1920s.

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SA835724
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A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim.
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Archive I A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim.

Plique-a-jour

Archive II A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim. View II
Archive III A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim. View III
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Carlton House Antiques
Telephone 020 3581 2145 or 07442 105319
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A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim.
Plique-a-jour
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A footed plique-a-jour enamel bowl featuring a pink geometric background with blue floral medallions and gilt metal rim.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectDecorative Bowls
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleArt Nouveau
  • MaterialEnamel, Gilt Metal
  • ColourPink and Gold
  • MotifsFloral medallions, Scale pattern, Footed base, Gilt wire borders
  • SizeH 6.5 cm (3 in) x W 12.5 cm (5 in) x D 7.5 cm (3 in)

This decorative bowl is an Art Nouveau plique-a-jour piece from 1920. The construction employs gilt metal wire borders enclosing translucent hand-painted enamels, displaying a pink and green scale pattern background alongside blue floral medallions on the footed base and rounded body. The object measures 6.5 cm high, 12.5 cm wide and 7.5 cm deep. Suitable for modern interiors, this small vessel sits comfortably on a deep window sill in a sunlit conservatory to let daylight pass directly through the enamelled panels. It functions well as a decorative accent piece on a side table or mantelpiece, bringing period character and colour into living spaces without requiring extensive surface space.

FAQs

Plique-a-jour is a vitreous enamelling technique developed in Europe during the 14th century and widely revived during the Art Nouveau period in the late 19th century. The technique involves applying enamel into open metal cells without a permanent backing plate, creating an effect similar to stained-glass windows.

Plique-a-jour pieces typically feature fine gold, silver, copper, or gilt brass wires that form the framework, filled with ground silica glass and metallic oxides to produce translucent coloured enamels.

Authentic pieces permit light to pass directly through the coloured enamel cells when held up to a light source, displaying visible wire cell walls without a solid metal reverse backing.

Placing these decorative objects on window sills, open shelving, or near natural light sources allows sunlight to penetrate the translucent enamel, accentuating the vibrant colours and geometric cell designs.

Dust gently using a soft, dry microfibre cloth or soft-bristled brush, avoiding water immersion, acidic polishers, and extreme temperature fluctuations that could crack the glass enamel cells.
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