Message #47046

[rpfstoneman]

So, first at all, the plain bottle, without any etching, is simply glazed with transparent glaze and then fired, ready to be decorated with over-glaze enamels as it is the standard procedure for the enameled pieces. Then the bottle is decorated with the black contour lines and the iron red. Then the contours are filled with the polychrome enamels. Then, the spaces not decorated are covered with an opaque white enamel, which is etched.

Thanks Giovanni for the process indicated above.

Just to paraphrase back, so color enamel is applied to a clear glaze bottle.  The white enamel is applied to fill the spacing between the applied colored enamels and butts up with the applied colored enamels (or black outlines in this case) . The white enamel is then etched and the bottle is fired the second time.  So it is simply an etched over-glazed enamel bottle.    

I'll have to take a close look with a loop.

Okay this makes sense on the process.  So know I'm looking for an age conformation.

Charll