The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours.
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The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours.
Author
Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, b. ca. 1650.
Publication
London :: Printed for Dan. Brown ... Tho. Bennet ... D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh ... and R. Wilkin ...,
1699.
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Subject terms
Glass manufacture -- Early works to 1800.
Enamel and enameling -- Early works to 1800.
Precious stones.
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"The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43083.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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CHAP. CXCVIII. To Gild China.
YOU must first grind some Shade-Earth on a Marble, with Linseed-Oyl, prepared as shall be shewn in Chap. 200. with which trace out your Fi∣gures, which must be two whole Days a drying; af∣ter this apply very thin Leaf-Gold, and with a sharp Graver, shape the Figures, and then put the Dishes in an Oven, as soon as the Batch of Bread is drawn out, let the Heat be no greater than one's Hand may endure, else the Vessels would crack; leave them in
it for two or three Hours or more, if the Oven be not too hot; you may else make use of our own Furnace, by giving it the same moderate degree of heat, as experienced Persons are well acquainted with.
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