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Enamel is a decorative technique in which a glass "paste" is applied to the surface of a metal. This glass composition adheres to the metal through fusion under very high temperatures.
Some enamels are translucent and others are opaque. The color of the enamel and its degree of transparency depend on the metal oxides that exist in the glass and the temperature at which the glass melts and coheres to the surface:
"Harder"=fused at higher temperatures=more durable, more translucent;"Softer"=fused at lower temperatures=more fragile, more opaque.
The precursor of true enamel dates all the way back to the 15th century BC with the ancient Egyptians, who, to ornament objects, used pieces of cut-glass in decorative patterns embedded in gold; however these substances were not fused together through the use of heat.
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