CHAP. CII. To make a Paste for Sky-colour, to imitate the Beryl, called also Aqua-Marina.
WE have already treated of this Colour in Chap. 40, wherein we have taken notice how this Name of Beryl came to be given it by the Italians, be∣cause
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.
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- Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, b. ca. 1650.
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- 1699.
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- 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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it has the Blewish-green of the Sea, and also whence this Stone is gotten.
To imitate this Stone, take two Ounces of Natu∣ral Crystal prepared, five Ounces of Minium, twenty one Grains of Zaffer, prepared as in Chap. 17, the whole reduced to a fine Powder, put it in a Crucible covered and luted, proceed as in Chap. 94, and you'll have a delicate Sky-colour.
This Colour may be also imitated by taking half a Dram of Aes ustum to eight Ounces of Natural Crystal prepared, and putting the whole in a Cruci∣ble to bake in the Furnace as before.