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Mock-champlevé

A style of enamelling on the surface of metal that imitates the appearance of champlevé enamel in engraved cells. It is found on some Anglo-Saxon jewelry in the Sutton Hoo Treasure.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson