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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  for 
  a 
  while, 
  when 
  the 
  paper 
  is 
  removed, 
  leaving 
  the 
  design 
  on 
  the 
  

   ware. 
  This 
  is 
  then 
  gone 
  over 
  with 
  colors 
  and 
  the 
  design 
  filled 
  in. 
  

   The 
  decoration 
  is 
  then 
  called 
  a 
  " 
  filled 
  print 
  ". 
  The^ 
  amount 
  of 
  

   " 
  printed 
  " 
  ware 
  turned 
  out 
  annually 
  is 
  very 
  great. 
  

  

  Raised 
  gold 
  work, 
  often 
  seen 
  on 
  wares, 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  painting 
  the 
  

   design 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  paste 
  overglaze, 
  firing 
  in 
  the 
  decorating 
  kiln^ 
  

   and 
  then 
  covering 
  with 
  gold 
  and 
  firing 
  again. 
  

  

  Underglaze 
  colors 
  are 
  fired 
  at 
  a 
  sufiicient 
  temperature 
  to 
  drive 
  off 
  

   the 
  oil. 
  The 
  overglaze 
  colors 
  are 
  usually 
  fixed 
  in 
  a 
  mufile 
  kiln 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  temperature 
  reaches 
  between 
  900° 
  and 
  '1000° 
  F. 
  

  

  A 
  rather 
  ingenious 
  method 
  of 
  making 
  border 
  decorations 
  on 
  

   plates 
  and 
  cups 
  consists 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  design, 
  such 
  as 
  a 
  flower 
  or 
  

   cluster 
  of 
  leaves, 
  stamped 
  on 
  a 
  fiat 
  surface 
  of 
  fine-grained 
  sponge. 
  

   The 
  plate, 
  for 
  instance, 
  is 
  then 
  placed 
  on 
  a 
  wheel, 
  and 
  while 
  slowly 
  

   revolving 
  it 
  receives 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  successive 
  touches 
  with 
  the 
  inked 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  sponge. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  a 
  continuous 
  design 
  is 
  stamped 
  

   on 
  the 
  ware. 
  The 
  method 
  is 
  quick, 
  cheap 
  and 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  

   cheaper 
  grades 
  of 
  white 
  ware, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  used. 
  

  

  ChromolithograpJiic 
  decoration} 
  

  

  The 
  adaptation 
  of 
  chromolithographic 
  printing 
  to 
  ceramics 
  has 
  

   been 
  quite 
  recently 
  successfully 
  attempted, 
  and 
  may 
  very 
  possibly 
  

   supersede 
  line 
  engraving. 
  The 
  great 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  chroma- 
  

   lithographic 
  decoration 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  excellence 
  of 
  the 
  ornament 
  

   that 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  purity 
  of 
  the 
  color 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

   By 
  this 
  means 
  the 
  design 
  of 
  a 
  first-class 
  artist 
  may 
  be 
  reproduced 
  

   with 
  all 
  its 
  original 
  delicacy 
  and 
  softness. 
  This 
  new 
  method 
  does, 
  

   away 
  with 
  the 
  filling 
  in 
  of 
  prints, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  of 
  unequal 
  quality. 
  

   Up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  chromolithographic 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  only 
  

   for 
  overglaze 
  decoration, 
  but 
  experiments 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  

   underglaze 
  ornamentation. 
  The 
  difiiculties 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  case 
  are 
  

   porosity 
  of 
  the 
  rough 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  '' 
  biscuit 
  " 
  ware. 
  The 
  greatest 
  

   difiiculty 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  this. 
  In 
  printing 
  from 
  engravings, 
  the 
  

  

  J 
  Jour. 
  soc. 
  arts, 
  18 
  Sep. 
  1896. 
  p. 
  322. 
  

  

  