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The partnership’s stated aim is the conservation, preservation and transmission of rare artistic crafts, including champlevé and grisaille enameling, stone marquetry, micro-mosaics and metal hand-engraving, all of which were applied in crafting the new wristwatch collection.

A typical piece, says the label’s creative director, Beth Bugdaycay, especially one that necessitates demanding details like ���󲹳������é enameling, can pass between six to nine artisans with different types of expertise.

When they bought this 19th-century Tiffany coffee pot in chased silver and delicate floral ���󲹳������é enamel, it had been polished to a high shine.

Remember, too, the goldsmiths of Lorraine, who made shrines in the shape of little churches, with aisles, statues, transepts and all, like dolls’ houses: remember the cnamellera of Limoges, and the champleve work, and the German ivory carvers, and the garnets set in Irish metal.

Jeweler Holly Dyment's joyful black Labrador with encrusted diamond collar pendant is crafted in 18-karat rose gold and is made using a signature ���󲹳������é enameling technique.