• Enamelwares

    Guide To Easter Limoges Boxes

    The simplest ceramic oven used for Easter Limoges Boxes consisted of a lower part (also called cinerary), intended to house the fuel, and an upper cooking chamber which the fire, arising had to pass through, filtering through numerous open holes in the floor. The biscuit, due to its porosity, rapidly absorbs the most liquid part of the compound, leaving the metal parts on the surface. In the case of majolica, once dried, the ceramic dipped in the enamel can be decorated, painting it or superficially scratching the colored parts. The most advanced oven has the addition of a third environment located above the main cooking chamber. Being in proximity to…