History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c34.s4.t5.4

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Another famous centre for a different kind of enamelling was at Pratapgarh. Sir George Watt has described this technique, as he says, "The article is made of a piece of green or red coloured glass, or thick layer of enamel, the crude material which is imported from Kashmir”, he further writes, “A frame of silver wire, of the exact size and shape of the glass, is next made, and across this is attached a sheet of fairly thick gold leaf. This is then embedded on lac and the pattern punched out and chased on the gold. The glass is then semi-fused, and while still hot the rim of silver and film of gold are slipped over the edge and pressed on to the surface of the glass. The article is again heated, until a sort of fusion takes place and the gold and glass become securely united. before mounting the article, a piece of silver tin-foil is placed underneath the glass to give it brilliancy”.