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 17, 2024.

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Page [unnumbered]

BOOK VI.

Chap. 147. THE Design and Contents of this Book.
p. 203
Chap. 148. To prepare the principal Stuff for Enamel.
p. 205
Chap. 149. Milk-white Enamel.
p. 206
Chap. 150. Turcoise colour Enamel.
p. 207
Chap. 151. A very fine Blue Enamel.
p. 209
Chap. 152. Another.
ibid.
Chap. 153. A very fine Green Enamel.
p. 210
Chap. 154. Another.
p. 211
Chap. 155. Another.
ibid.
Chap. 156. A Black Enamel.
p. 212
Chap. 157. Another.
p. 213
Chap. 158. Another.
ibid.
Chap. 159. A Purple colour'd Enamel.
214
Observations by the Author, on the Nobleness of this Colour.
ibid.
Chap. 160. Another Purple Enamel.
p. 216
Chap. 161. A Violet colour Enamel.
ibid.
Chap. 162. A Yellow Enamel.
p. 217
Chap. 163. To make Crystal-Ground for Red Enam.
p. 218
Chap. 164. A fine Preparat. of fusible Manganese.
p. 219
Chap. 165. To make a fixt Sulphur.
p. 220
Chap. 166. Another fixt and incombustible Sulphur.
p. 221
Chap. 167. To Extract Spirit of Saturn.
ibid.
Chap. 168. A Blood-red Enamel.
p. 223
Chap. 169. Another.
p. 224
Chap. 170. A Sparkling Ruby-red Enamel.
p. 225
Chap. 171. A Balass-Ruby colour Enamel.
ibid.
Chap. 172. A Rose colour Enamel.
p. 226
Chap. 173. Another very fine Rose colour Enamel.
ibid.

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Chap. 174. Another Rose colour Enamel.
p. 227
Chap. 175. A Splendid Carbuncle-colour Enamel.
p. 228
To Calcine Gold.
p. 229
Chap. 176. To Calcine Copper for making Vitriol of Venus without Corrosives.
p. 230
The Author's Report of the Excellency and Vertues of this Vitriol and its Spirit.
p. 231
Chap. 177. To make Vitriol of Venus without Corro∣sives.
p. 232
Chap. 178. To Extract this fine Vitriol.
p. 234
Chap. 179. To draw off the White Spirit from the Vi∣triol.
p. 236
To separate the Cap. Mort. for tinging of Glass.
p. 237
To restore it to a Blue colour, by the Air.
p. 238
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