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Is this a Strathearn Surface Decorated piece?
RAY:
i've got a suface decorated paperweight by strathearn
millarart:
Hi ,
Ray are you going to post a picture of your weight as i havent seen a surface decorated one before,,, i do have a nice Strathearn surface decorated lamp though
Gary
Max:
Frank. Thought I'd come back to this today, when I was less tired. :D
Thanks for your detailed explanation, but it assumed a level of knowledge which I don't have. :( I am familiar with the Cloisonne technique, due to you posting a photo here a while back, so that's a help with getting to know surface decoration. What I'm not sure of however, is what part the gas played...
I'll take a look at your site later, perhaps it's on there. I don't want you to go to the trouble of posting it, if it's already available to me. :D
Frank:
You might have to trawl through a lot of stuff to get explicit answers. Two articles on Monart and one on Moncrieff, probably mention it. As well as in the newsletters. The point is that originally the iridescence often prized on 'surface decorated' Monart was pure accident caused by poor quality home-made gas.
But the eseence of the answer to our question is that the enamels were marvered into the surface:
Cloisonné
Cloisonné (Iridised)
Paisley Shawl
Stoneware
Pumice
Only the terms Cloisonné and Paisley Shawl are factory originals.
Max:
Cheers for the great pics and answering my question about marvering Frank. :D :D The irridised cloisonne looks superb, with or without its rarity value - wonderful stuff!
I think going to have to take a look at your site (about time, I hear you say!), as I'd like to find out more...and how that particular technique was achieved. Maybe I should have bought Chuggy's book... :roll:
The Pumice is interesting too - it looks rather Scavo to me. Egads. More to learn.
Thanks again. :D
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