Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg · leaf 37
the little golden designsare as fresh as if done yesterday. Sometimescolours are added here and there, generallyin the larger specimens. These colours arenecessarily mineral so as to stand the heat ofmelted glass ; there are dull red, pale blue,white, and green. They all look as if they had 20… … be made, and I suspect that they were made inthe same way. A flat plaque of green glass, usually circular,is covered on one side with a piece of gold-leafand slightly fused, that is to say, subjected toa low red heat, in a muffle. This fixes thegold-leaf firmly on to the surface of the glass,and it…
Miniature painting · Enamel and enameling
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
