RUSSIAN ROSTOV FINIFT

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Set a necklace and earrings
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Rings and earrings
Set a brooch and earrings
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Set a lavaliere and earrings
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Russian Rostov Finift
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The Russian word for enamel "finift" comes from the Greek "fingitis", which means "bright, shining stone." Enamel is a special type of applied art, in which the main material used is a glassy substance colored with the oxides of various metals. Thus, gold fused with glass produces a ruby color, cobalt a dark blue, and copper green. To solve specific artistic tasks enamel, unlike glass, can be muffled. Painting on enamel is fired in a muffle stove, or kiln, at a temperature of about 800 C degrees. The enamel base melts, the paint sinks into it and, on cooling, is firmly fused with the base. To make it more long-lasting and enhance the decorative effect, the painting on the enamel is covered, also by firing, with transparent, fusible glass. In the 17th century a new technique became widespread in Europe, that of painting on glaze with heat-resistant paints, or miniature painting on enamel. In the second half of the 17th century this art was mastered in Russia as well. The Russian enamelists probably learned to paint on enamel from Ukrainian and Byelorussian artists; they founded their workshops in the Moscow Armoury and in Solvychegorsk under the patronage of the Stroganov boyars. It is possible that Rostov jewelers learned to paint on enamel around this time too. Rostov has a long tradition of icon painting using this technique. Today, it is one of the cities in Russia best known for the creation of fine finift jewelry. A part of the beauty of our Rostov collection is that it is enhanced by and set in lacy metal filigree work, usually of silver or gold plate.