The niello

History of The Niello

The niello is upper class work of king's utensil's and tribute, especially gold niello. For silver niello was things that the king gave to nobleman in Ayudhaya period. And the niello had developed to the time.

The famous place of the niello is Nakhon Si Thammarat province where have great professional of the niello.

People of Thailand had known the high quality and very graceful of the niello is in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

Do you know, why the niello of Nakhon Si Thammarat province is very famous in Thailand?

Because the niello is fine arts. So, step of doing the niello must to have delicate and attemption of specialist.

Silver niello is one kind of niello. It's a black compound of sulphur with silver, lead or copper, used for filling in engraved design in silver.