Collection "Enamels of the world 1700-2000" by Nasser Khalili

The collection of old objects of Nasser Khalili, which was used in the production of enamel, includes more than 1,300 works made between 1700 and 2000. Despite the fact that enamel art appeared in Ancient Egypt, the collector intended to limit the selected period in the last few centuries. The collection includes exquisite items from Western Europe, Russia, the East, and America. Some of them are made for kings and emperors. Others are small decorations or technical devices for presentations. Scabbards, watches, bottles, boxes, snuffboxes – enamel covered completely different products.

Enamel can be obtained by grinding small plates, which form a glassy powder. After wetting the powder, the resulting consistency is applied to the cells, and then the entire product or its individual sections are subjected to heat treatment – the enamel is fired at a temperature of 700-900 degrees Celsius and undergoes other processes: fused, additionally fired (sometimes the number of burns reaches several dozen times).