Discover how enameled glass was made during the renaissance with the experts at the Corning Museum of Glass. This video was featured in the exhibit "Reflecting Antiquity" at The Corning Museum of Glass, February 15 - May 27, 2008.
A vitreous substance made of finely powdered glass colored with metallic oxide and suspended in an oily medium for ease of application with a brush. The medium burns away during firing in a low-temperature muffle kiln (about 965°-1300°F or 500°-700°C). Sometimes, several firings are required to fuse the different colors of an elaborately enameled object.
![Reflecting antiquity [videorecording] / with David Whitehouse and Karol Wight ; Corning Museum of Glass.](http://d3seu6qyu1a8jw.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_square/public/images/no-image.jpg?itok=xFnyxjIk "Reflecting antiquity [videorecording] / with David Whitehouse and Karol Wight ; Corning Museum of Glass."){kind=small}
![Reflecting antiquity : modern glass inspired by ancient Rome / David Whitehouse ; with contributions by William Gudenrath ... [et al.].](http://d3seu6qyu1a8jw.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/1_column_square/public/collections/1D/1D9832E0-8CE2-423F-92C6-03DD3F7AA422.jpg?itok=-l2ufdL4 "Reflecting antiquity : modern glass inspired by ancient Rome / David Whitehouse ; with contributions by William Gudenrath ... [et al.]."){kind=small}
