202 THE WEDGWOODS. 



" THIRD PEOCESS, OE APPLICATION OF THE ENCAUSTIC BEOJTZE AND 



COLOURS. 



" Application, of the Bronze. 



" I. When the vessels are finished ready for burning, and before 

 they are quite dry, grind some of the powder No. 2 in oyl of tur- 

 pentine, and apply it to the vessels or figures with a spunge or 

 pencil, to imitate bronze in such manner as your fancy directs ; 

 polish this powder upon the vessel or figure, and burn it in such a 

 furnace, and to such a degree of heat as is necessary for the ware. 

 After it is burnt, burnish the bronze upon the vessels to what 

 degree you please, and the process is finished. 



"Another method of applying the bronze after the ware is fired Bisket, 

 as some figures or vessels may be too delicate to bear the process I. 



"3L Take four ounces No. 6 and ounce No. 7, grind them 

 well together, spread this very thin with a spunge or pencil over 

 the ware to be bronzed, and fire it till this layer of size is fluxed, 

 which may be done in a potter's furnace ; then take the powder 

 No. 2, and apply it to the vessel as before directed ; then burn the 

 ware over again till the powder adheres to the size ; burnish, &c., 

 as before. 



"Application of the Shineing Black upon Red Vessels in the Manner of 

 the Antique Etruscan Vases. 



" L. Take the colour A, grind it very fine with oyl of turpentine, 

 and with it trace the outlines of the design you intend to have upon 

 the vessel, then fill up the vacant spaces very even, and shade the 

 drapery, &c. Fire the vessels in a heat sufficient to flux the black, 

 and they are finished. 



" M. Another method to produce a different effect with the same 

 colour, in the manner of the Etruscans, is to paint the design with 

 black, laid on as dead colouring upon red bisket ware, and to 

 cut up or finish the design with red and other colours, for which 

 purpose the above-mentioned ones are prepared ; they must also be 

 ground in oyl of turpentine, and burnt upon the vessels in a muffle 

 or enamel kiln. 



"N. Another method to produce in a more expeditious way 

 nearly the effect of the process L. Take the red B or the orange 

 C, and lay in your design with it, as a dead colour upon black 

 bisket vessels, and shade it with the black D, with or without the 



