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over. Failing to make a very neat job, it will be necessary to 

 wind a piece of cbenille around the sbade in order to bide tbe 

 junction. 



As it is very difficult to prevent a small percentage of tbe 

 cement from working inside, and tbus spoiling tbe neatness of 

 tbe sky effect, 1 bave devised tbe following plan, wbicb I do not 

 tbink is generally known : Instead of using a solid stand witb 

 groove for tbe back of tbe mount, I turn a rim of wood to form a 

 ring, in sucb a manner tbat it sball just pass over tbe sbade 

 witbout allowing tbe latter to fall tbrougb at its bottom edge. 

 Underneatb tbis rim, or ring, I turn it out to witbin a quarter 

 of an incb of its edge to receive tbe back, turned out of a piece 

 of thinner wood. 



Tbe rim of wood is best turned by being nearly cut tbrougb 

 on its upper or pattern side, tbe wood then reversed on tbe 

 lathe, turned out to receive tbe back, then altered again, and tbe 

 rim cut entirely tbrougb. To fix tbis, tbe rim is fitted on over 

 tbe glass, and kept in place witb cement. Tbe work is made up 

 on tbe back, which is then screwed, or pasted, or glued, in tbe 

 hollow turned out at tbe back of tbe rim. By tbis method 

 there is no cement showing inside on tbe sky-line of the work 

 when finished, nor can tbe glass possibly tumble out, being, of 

 course, held by tbe rim, wbicb is of necessity smaller than tbe 

 bottom of tbe glass. Sucb rims may, of course, be ebonized, of 

 fancy woods, or gilded, according to the taste of tbe workman. 

 A small screw-plate with ring should be attached to bang it 

 up by. 



A modification of tbe "mount" is made by securing five pieces 

 of glass together in the usual manner, by tape pasted on each 

 edge to make a square glass cover, making up the work on a 

 piece of board of tbe required size, rebated or grooved all aroun-d, 

 or by nailing on strips of wood to receive the glass cover, wbicb 

 is then pasted or cemented to tbe edges of tbe board, and finally 

 finished off by dropping over all picture-frame moulding, cut and 

 joined to size, to which the back is screwed. This style does 

 either for fishes or dead game to stand upon a ball table, or 

 easily becomes a " mount " by the simple process of screwing on 

 " plate-rings," and banging it up on a wall. 



Tbe colouring of tbe backs of cases and mounts is of two 



