[Jewelry making - Article 00278] - [Orchid] Niello and Fire-gilding

[Janneke Zuyderwyk]

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Hello,

    I am studying some carolingian strapends and buckles. They have
    traces of gilding and they are inlayed with niello. At the moment the
    places were the niello is are not gilded, but is seems very well
    possible that the gilding is worn of at this points since they are
    always the highest points of the objects. 

    Thinking about how they may have been produced I began to ask what
    the order of working could have been. Did they first fire-gild the
    object and then inlay the niello? In that case they would be forced
    to file and polish off some (or all) of the gold when finishing the
    niello inlay. But if they first did the niello inlay, would it be
    possible to gild directly next to the niello, without covering the
    niello? It seems that on a lot of objects there is no gilding
    directly next to niello. If have been searching around to find any
    answers to this question, but couldn't find anything so far. I hope
    any of you can help me. 

Regards,
Janneke Zuyderwyk
archaeology student,
University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

 
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