Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 140
ng with dry rotten-stone on asoft cloth. Sweet oil and whitening may also be used. For cleaning very dull pewter, or pewter that hasbeen painted, boiling is the best method, and Mrs.Gerald Walker told the writer that protracted boilingin water with hay will clean the most obstinate piecesand make… … PERSIAN PEWTER.{From the collection of G. T. McCombie, Esq. A GUT, OR WINE VESSEL.{From the collection oj Miss Wheble.) 137 THE CARE AND REPAIR OF PEWTER 139 Scraping is not of much use unless done by anexpert with the proper scraper, though light scratchescan be erased with even strokes of a…
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