Coffee cup and saucer "Golden flower" with hot enamels

Stained glass enamel fascinates with the play of light and color on the verge of magic. Unique, extraordinarily beautiful author's masterpieces become museum works of art and at the same time serve quite utilitarian purposes, decorating a festively set table and giving pleasure to the guests dining at it.

The most complex jewelry technique is considered a kind of cloisonne enamel, but without the use of an opaque metal substrate, which requires even greater skill from the master. Only a few craftsmen manage to fill the thinnest frame of precious metals with transparent vitreous enamel and get a product similar to a tenfold reduced stained glass window. Despite their apparent fragility, luxury gizmos subjected to repeated high-temperature firing are distinguished by high strength and durability.