Champlevé
Champlevé. Enamelling applied to an incuse area of an object that does not exceed the surface table. Champlevé is a common type of enameling and is in contrast to cloisonne, which has fences around the area that holds the enamel. Champlevé enamel is used extensively as a fill-in for more expensive medals. See enamelling, fill-in.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor