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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BOOK III.

Chap. 61. THe Design and Contents of this Book.
p. 121
Chap. 62. A Gold Yellow in Glass.
p. 122
Chap. 63. A Granat Colour.
p. 123
Chap. 64. An Amethist Colour.
p. 124
Chap. 65. A Sapphire Colour.
p. 125
Chap. 66. A finer.
ibid.
Chap. 67. A Velvet-Black Colour.
p. 126
Chap. 68. Another fairer.
ibid.
Chap. 69. Another yet much fairer.
p. 127
Chap. 70. A Milk-white colour.
ibid.
Chap. 71. Another fairer.
p. 128
Chap. 72. The Colour of Lapis Lazuli in Glass.
ibid.
Chap. 73. A Marble Colour.
p. 129
Chap. 74. A Peach Colour.
p. 130
Chap. 75. A deep Red.
ibid.
Chap. 76. Rock-Crystal calcined.
p. 131
Chap. 77. To make Pearl Colour in Crystal.
p. 132
Chap. 78. To Tinge Natural Crystal of a Viper Colour.
p. 133
Chap. 79. To make in Natural Crystal, the Colours of the Ruby, Topaz, Opal, Heliotrope, &c.
p. 134
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