enameled

Along about 1834 an Englishman of the name of Magnus utilized the property that slate possesses of taking a fine polish in the invention of what are called enameled slates.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various

Whatever he touches he leaves artificial, "enameled," yet charming.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

The exhibition - co-organized by the Walters, the Cleveland Art Museum and the British Museum in London - is sumptuously installed in rooms painted regal red or blue, with the gilded, jeweled and enameled reliquaries spotlit in vitrines so as to glitter as they would under candlelight within the similarly dark setting of a church.

Art review: Splendor abounds in museum's display of grisly holy relics in Baltimore 2011

Beside it was another tiny child's chair of red-enameled rattan.

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Strangely enough the thing she missed most was the heavy enameled bath that Pa had ordered from South.

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The French city of Limoges became a veritable factory for reliquaries, most of them house-shaped boxes covered with enameled copper plaques illustrating scenes from the lives of saints.

Art review: Splendor abounds in museum's display of grisly holy relics in Baltimore 2011

On a sill by an open window, a jar of autumn leaves breathed the charm of the sweet brown wife, who seated herself in a tiny rattan chair, enameled a cheery red, such as children delight to rock in.

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Between the floral-print velvet top, padded crinoline peplum skirt and lattice of crystals and appliqued enameled roses, producing the garment required four studios putting in more than 150 hours and even made one seamstress cry.

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In a large glass case on the stall, a delicate Victorian diamond studded star-shaped gold ring jostles for space with a large array of other antique jewelry: A gold snake ring with emerald eyes, a pair of identical gold charm bracelets, sapphire and ruby earrings and a pink rose enameled pendant.

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No matter what the wall labels say, though, it's not the actual or alleged relics that matter so much as their containers and the art that embellishes them: the 130 golden sculptures, jewel-encrusted and enameled boxes and crosses, paintings and illuminated manuscripts that make up "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," on view until May 15.

Art review: Splendor abounds in museum's display of grisly holy relics in Baltimore 2011