->Saramichiru: /* Technique of enameling */Updated link to "cartouche" (previously led to the Egyptian hieroglyphics element)

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Technique of enameling: Updated link to "cartouche" (previously led to the Egyptian hieroglyphics element)

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[[File:WLA vanda Turban ornament incomplete.jpg|thumb|[[Sarpech]] (Turban ornament) with Safed chalwan back]]
'''Safed Chalwan''' is a kind of white translucent [[Enamel paint|enamel]] used for encrusting gems and precious stones for making jewels.

This enamel is used at the reverse side of the jewels in order to contrast the color of the gems (usually [[ruby]] or [[jade]]) with a stark white background.<ref>{{cite book|last=Balakrishnan Ramamrutham|first=Usha|title=Jewels of the Nizams|year=2001|publisher=Dept of Culture, govt. of India|location=Hyderabad|isbn=9788185832159|pages=88, 232|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cT_rAAAAMAAJ&q=safed+chalwan}}</ref>

==Technique of enameling==
In this technique of enameling, an opaque white outlined [[Cartouche_(design)|cartouche]] is fired and leveled with the stone to be embedded. On cooling down the enamel develops a hard coating around and the stone is set in it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Untracht|first=Oppi|title=Traditional Jewelry of India|year=1997|publisher=Harry N. Abrams, Inc.|location=The university of Michigan|pages=430|isbn=9780810938861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D1ZQAAAAMAAJ&q=safed+chalwan+history}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Jewellery making]]
[[Category:Jewellery of India]]

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Safed chalwan - Revision history

->Saramichiru: /* Technique of enameling */Updated link to "cartouche" (previously led to the Egyptian hieroglyphics element)