Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 281
worsted whendry. For crystallizing the frame, use an earthen vessel, in which the frame maybe entirely covered by the alum solution. For the latter, take one pound ofalum to good three quarts of water; put it on the fire, allow the alum to dis-solve, and filter the hot solution through a cloth, in… … Fig. 24. Vase for Bonbons and Jewelry. HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. 279 crystals have attached themselves to the frame. The ]3rocess usually laststwenty-four hours, but the frame must be stirred in the solution now and then,as the crystallization does not proceed evenly, and if allowed to stand too…
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