It is not a smooth finish. You can feel the indentations around each colored part. Possibly champleve. Also the picture that I posted with the EC and a possibly another letter after the C with the dotted circles around them, is located on the side of the wood blotter not on the red felt. Have you any idea whom the maker is or any information at all that would be of help to me. Maybe a year or 18th/19th century.. Any info would be helpful.