Skip to main content

Enamel

Scope note

A usually opaque, vitreous coating, composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, clay, soda, and borax, applied by fusion to surfaces especially of metal, ceramic, or glass; has a glossy appearance upon hardening.

This term has 1,594 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300014910

Equivalent Terms used

enamels
enamels (coatings)

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: enamel" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-32638 Accessed: 2024-12-06 10:31:19

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-32638|title=Terminology definition for: enamel|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-06 10:31:19|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-32638

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...