Metel Enamel

Enameling is an art based on painting and decoration of the surface of metal bodies covered by a coat called enamel. In fact, enamel is a clear glazing and glass obtained from merging glass glaze and metal oxides. Having baked in kiln, it becomes hard like glass. Enameling is done on the copper and brass bodies. Of course, in order to make jewelry and decorative objects, gold and silver are used as well. In Iran, some researchers believe that making Enamel works dates back to 1500 B.C. According to Pope, the famous historian enameling gemmed objects are among Iranians’ innovations and a perfect example of it is Khosro’s cup related to the Sassanid period. The climax of the enamel work has been in Seljuk period, then during the Safavid period in Isfahan, this art is mixed with paintings of the feasts and the hunting games. Enamel-workers present their works in two styles: painting and squaring, but these days the only style practiced in Isfahan is painting.