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fluity of enamel ground off until the level of the 
silver patterns was reached, when the article was given 
a final polish. The objects made in this type of niello- 
ware were usually belt-clasps and watch-shaped tobacco- 
boxes. 
The other style of neillo-ware comes from the north 
•of the Peninsula. The majority of it is said to have 
been made in Ligor in Peninsular Sjam. The patterns 
are of different type to those of the Sumatran niello 
and the articles made are not of the same kinds. 
Stands, bowls, sireh- sets, boxes and caskets and kettles 
are all found. The patterns are as a rule gilt, though 
the methods employed in making the ware appear to 
be very similar to those used in the case of the 
Sumatran niello. The black enamel however, which 
is said to be composed of metallic sulphides, appears 
to be softer and not capable of taking such a high 
polish. The shapes of the pieces are more Siamese 
than Malay, while the patterns are foliate and 
elaborate. Figures of legendary animals are to be 
sometimes found among the foliage and these, in the 
newer specimens, tend to become degenerate, the tails, 
feet and other outlying parts becoming converted into 
foliate designs. 
Another ware which is occasionally to be purchased 
in the Peninsula, somewhat resembles niello on first 
sight, but is really of a very different nature. It is 
an inlay of gold on an oxidized copper ground. Its 
former provenance is uncertain, though the articles 
made in it, belt-claps and watch-shaped tobacco-boxes, 
are of Malay style. 
I have already said something about personal orna- 
ments of silver, but the subject of gold jewellery still 
remains to be dealt with. 
