What is Cloisonne enamel jewellery?
Just a little history of Cloisonne enamel and we are showing some of its great jewellery from the 1980s and 1990s to today.
Bright 1980s Enamel Cloisonne jewellery
It was in the eighties when I noticed the bright enamel Cloisonne jewellery very much in fashion and available everywhere. Most were signed on the back and well made with fine enamelling. They have stood the test of time and here we are going to showcase the many pieces of enamel that we have found. Signatures include Fish, Fish with the crown symbol, The one's with two fish symbols and Sea Gems UK. Some are also unsigned. Today you will still find a smaller number of companies making this rather pretty enamel Cloisonne style of jewellery. Below are some of the copyright signatures seen also.
What is Cloisonne?
Cloisonne has been around for a very long time. It is a way of decorating metal with enamel. Fine wires are used to create the design and then filled in with different coloured enamel. It is not only used for jewellery but in ornaments, clothing accessories and beads as well. But in this Cloisonne jewellery blog, we are showcasing the 80s, 90s to today’s Cloisonne jewellery below. We have earrings, rings, bracelets, brooches, necklaces, keyrings photographs. Taken from the actual enamel jewellery we have owned… In re-writing this blog post. I realised some of the jewellery was destroyed in a storage fire earlier this year.
Showcasing Cloisonne jewellery:
Fire shaped Cloisonne brooch in black and red. Vintage 1990s unsigned
Pretty open cut enamel jewellery brooch in pink, red and green Cloisonne design by Two Fishes below.
Large pansy and butterfly brooch in Cloisonne enamel. Probably made in the 1990s
Butterly pink Cloisonne brooch - large round brooch jewellery circa 1980s
Fish and crown logo signature
Long dropper enamel earrings in bright red and blue colours onto a navy background circa the eighties. Unsigned. See below
Fabulous blue hoop Cloisonne earrings by Fish and Crown.
Another Cloisonne piece from Two Fishes below. This shows the card that it originally came on. On the reverse, it says made in Thailand.
Striking pink and a black Cloisonne brooch of a parrot type of bird.
The sweet little mice pin below in Cloisonne was on a card that had the logo for Fish fine enamels. On the reverse, it was dated 1993/4 and this piece was designed for Fish by Heather S Buchanan. Quite a find for dating and identifying this pin.
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Flowers are always a favourite for Cloisonne and the above purple and pink shaded flower earrings in Cloisonne enamel are very pretty. Clip style that was still a firm favourite as well for the eighty's era.
Large Oval Cloisonne clip earrings 1980s
Flowers again in this eighties Cloisonne blue clamper bangle. This style of bangle was used extensively in the eighties and nineties. It had a spring opening and fitted close to your wrist.
Drop enamel earrings were also a firm favourite in Cloisonne. The pretty white flower pair is for pierced ears. With this style, if you do not like the idea of wearing a pair of second-hand earrings - then you can easily change the hooks for new ones.
At this point. I thought I would show a Cloisonne bowl with lid above. Pretty butterfly and flowers adore this bowl. But I want to draw your attention to the inside – the blue coating that you will see on Cloisonne. The darker the blue is that the older the piece. Just a handy tip for age assessment.
Pretty blue enamelled Cloisonne dolphin brooch and matching dolphin earrings
Cloisonne vintage hair comb by Fish with fabulous pink floral detail.
Pink and white enamel Cloisonne bangle bracelet from the eighties. We have found many colour combinations and designs of Cloisonne bangles and bracelets.
White floral Cloisonne bangle bracelet
Chinese Dragon Cloisonne fan shaped key ring
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Oval butterfly enamel brooch in Cloisonne.
Just a few of the Cloisonne jewellery pieces I have found and photographed over the years.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI stumbled across this blog while trying to figure out the provenance of a unicorn pendant quite like the unicorn you have a photograph of at the very top of this blog post. I actually found it digging a hole in the back garden of my parents house in the 2010s when I was still a teenager. The problem I'm running across is that nobody seems to know who made them, and I've also never seen one that looks quite like mine. If the shape is the same the unicorn is different, if the unicorn is the same the shape is different, that sort of thing. I was hoping you might have any more information you've dug up yourself on these pieces?