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On the theory and practice of art-enamelling upon metals (1899)

Cunynghame, Henry H. (Henry Hardinge), Sir, 1848-1935 · Westminster : A. Constable & Co. · leaf 80

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thenheating it with a blow-pipe having a wide air-hole 44 EXECUTING LIMOGES ENAMELS and a good supply of air. A mouth blow-pipe will do,but a foot one has more power. The plate should beevenly heated all over and then suddenly plunged intowater; when this has been done the copper shouldappear as… … A simple form of Burnisher, made of steel. mass of iron wire, or on a bed of fire-clay, or onasbestos fibre broken up, or else simply held in thepincers; but it is best to do it on charcoal, as a moreregular heat is obtained. As soon as the plate is made convex the cornersand edges have to be…

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