Phanolite
Phanolith (from the Greek phanein , shine through, and lithos , stone) is a porcelain shape that was developed around 1900 by Johann Baptist Stahl at Villeroy & Boch . It combines properties of Jasperware from Wedgewood and the French Pâte sur Pâte technique, in which white porcelain mass is applied thinly in layers on a dark background (ground) to create a relief . The impression of a cameo is created . The surface (fund) on which the white porcelain was applied shines through.
The technique was first presented at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 . Stahl's signature is an S with a J crossed through.
