KERAMIC STUDIO 
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On certain styles of vases as lining to dainty cups and 
little bits to be used as cabinet pieces, on an elaborate din- 
ner service for state occasions, more or less according to the 
taste of the decorator, gold work would be delightful and in 
keeping. 
It is better to err on the side of too little rather than 
too much gold. If only a fine Hne of gold is used see that 
it has no suggestion of scantiness. A heavy fish platter 
with a hair line of gold on the edge would be ridiculous. A 
small bread and butter plate border \ of an inch wide 
would be as bad. 
There is nothing more chaste, nothing more beautiful 
than gold work well done. But let the skill and the thought 
back of it all attract the eye first, not the patent value of 
cold dollars and cents. Let the real charm of gold work 
be the essence of pleasure, not the realization of materialism. 
PLATE BORDERS IN HOLLY, MISTLETOE, AND ORANGES— ANNE SEYMOUR MUNDY 
Holly Leaves. — Apple, Moss, Royal and Shading Green, 
a few thorns of Blood Red used thin with greens on brush. 
Berries, Capucine and Blood Red, touches of Black. 
Stems- —Woody ones with touches of Shading Green. 
Oranges. — Silver and Orange Yellow, Yellow Brown, 
Yellow Red, with touches of Chocolate Brown. {Yellow 
red fires out over yellow.) Stems, greens; woody stems, 
same as cherry stems, but browner; thorns, sharp and thin, 
same colors. Blossoms and buds, white, merely wiped 
out of leaves, make sufficient shading for first fire. Leaves, 
Apple, Moss, Royal, Brown Green, Shading Green, Chocolate 
Brown on occasional edges for variety. 
Mistletoe. — Leaves, Apple, Moss and Royal Green, a 
few shaded with Brown or Shading Green, shadow leaves 
with Yellow Brown and Blue. Berries, white. 
Mistletoe. — Make band of Ashes of Roses, shading 
into Yellow Brown and Chocolate Brown to represent tree 
on which mistletoe grows. Capucine Red on border as 
Christmas color, use pale or make border of Blood Red. 
