AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



which covers one side of the leaf and soon sets. The clay is then removed, 

 leaving the leaf and the plaster together. Two notches or keys are cut 

 in opposite edges of the plaster to receive the keys of the second part of 

 the mold and "to prevent the two parts slipping on one another. The 

 margin around the leaf is brushed with clay water or soap solution to 



THE LEAF, RESTING ON THE FIRST HALF OF THE MOLD 



Ready for Making the Second Half 



prevent the next layer of plaster from adhering to it, and for best results 

 the soap is then swabbed off and a film of stearin applied ; another wall 

 is set up around the leaf and its plaster bed and into the little basin thus 



