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.
Link to this Item
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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.
Pages
BOOK VII.
Chap. 180. THE Design and Contents of this Book.
p. 240
Chap. 181. The Furnace for Enameling and Pourtray∣ing withal.
p. 242
Chap. 182. To Enamel on Gold.
p. 243
Chap. 183. To Enamel on Silver.
p. 245
Chap. 184. To Enamel on Copper.
p. 246
Chap. 185. To prepare the Enamel for applying it on the Metals.
p. 247
Chap. 186. To prepare the Colours for pourtraying on Enamel.
p. 248
Chap. 187. The White.
p. 249
Chap. 188. The Black.
p. 250
Chap. 189. The Yellow.
ibid.
Chap. 190. The Blue.
p. 351
A very fine Preparation of the Blue.
ibid.
Chap. 191. The Red.
p. 252
Gold Calcin'd, and how.
ibid.
descriptionPage [unnumbered]
A Vermilion Red.
p. 253
Chap. 192. To Pourtray on Enamel.
p. 254
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