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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9609436, member: 111"]What I see is two fairly significant areas of loss at left and right in your first pic, with remnants of the enamel remaining over the textured surface - the edges of where the enamel chipped off seem evident to my eye. Fired enamel is glass, so it may indeed have a shine to what remains - there are no air bubbles, the lighter tone would be caused by the lack of depth to the enamel in those damaged areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 'before' image in the restoration of the basse-taille enamel below shows similar damage, with less enamel remaining than the piece being discussed[ATTACH=full]467828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9609436, member: 111"]What I see is two fairly significant areas of loss at left and right in your first pic, with remnants of the enamel remaining over the textured surface - the edges of where the enamel chipped off seem evident to my eye. Fired enamel is glass, so it may indeed have a shine to what remains - there are no air bubbles, the lighter tone would be caused by the lack of depth to the enamel in those damaged areas. The 'before' image in the restoration of the basse-taille enamel below shows similar damage, with less enamel remaining than the piece being discussed[ATTACH=full]467828[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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