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Their successful techniques, borrowed from Oriental methods, coincided with the rise of interest in Japanese decoration associated with the Aesthetic Movement of the 1870s and 1880s.  However they modified traditional techniques in the light of new industry developments, in part sponsored by themselves.  The body of this vase is electroformed copper, with applied, imitation, \"cloisonné\" enamel.  The enamelled areas are not made by the tradiditional wire <i>cloisons</i> method, but the enamelld boundaries were formed as part of the electroforming proceed, creating cells in which enamel was applied by hand before firing, rather resembling the champlevé method.","physicalDescription":"The vase, bulbous shaped, is decorated with a pattern of flowers on a black and yellow ground.  The rim, base and interior, gilt.  The body of the vase is electroformed copper, with applied, imitation, \"cloisonné\" enamel.  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