IlERAMIC STUDIO 
Old weavings made in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1S20. 
in iron, copper and brass repousse, also some very unique 
and practical night lamps. 
H. D. Murphy had some of his original and excellent 
mirror frames, E. G. Starr and Peter Verberg some of their 
well known and beautiful bindings, Mrs. Albee some Ab- 
nakee rugs, and the California and Arizona Indians a col- 
lection of wonderful baskets. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
H. A. — Read the editorial in tlie July 1905 Keramic Studio on the "Con 
ventional" it will be of assistance to you. In a general way conventional 
work on china is any treatment of design not purely naturalistic. 
For school children's clay work we should think a little polishing with a 
tool in the leather hard state and a Uttle color oxide rubbed in would be 
enough finish, but the majolica glazes or the soft Limoge glaze could be used 
They are kept by Drakenfeld & Co of Park Place, N. V. If you fire up to 
cone 1 or 2, the mat glaze recipes given by Prof. Binns in the November 
1905 Keramic Studio could be used. 
The Photo Chromotype Engraving Co. of Philadelphia will do printing 
in colors for you very well. Then there is the American Colortype Co. of 
New York and Binner & Co. of Chicago and many others. 
Mrs. S. A. R. — If your burnish silver has turned dark on your steins try 
any good silver polish, if that will not remove the tarnish, the only suggestion 
we can make is to repaint with Roman Gold which will give a green gold effect 
and will not tarnish. 
E. W.— You will find a study of hops for a stein in the October 190.5 
Keramic Studio, a design for chocolate pot in July 1899 and for tea set in 
May 1900 Keramic Studio. 
Mrs. J. S. D. — For a dinner set it is not necessary that anything but the 
regular dinner and service plates, platters and vegetable dishes be of the 
same design although it is rather better to keep the same color scheme through- 
out, but not absolutely necessary. The salad, game, dessert, fish, oyster and 
coffee sets may be different, also fruit, ice cream and punch and lemonade 
sets should be different. The poppy design in red, gold and black could be 
interesting, you will find an elaborate article on the poppy in the Keramic 
Studio for October 1901 which will be of service to you in designing. 
Mrs. E. L. K. — If you have made your Roman Gold exactly according 
to directions in Keramic Studio of December 190.5, and it can be scratched off 
with the thumb nail, it has been badly underfired. It is not absolutely nec- 
essary to use tar oil with the fat oil for gold, but one half of each is generally 
used. 
Mrs. M. McG. — It is impossible to say just what is the trouble with yotu 
silver not knowing whether it was of a reliable make. Whether it is a flat 
decoration or raised, we should advise going over it with gold, as silver is very 
unsatisfactory as a general rule in over glaze decoration, burnish it smooth 
first. There is no reason why the silver should not be mixed the same as 
gold. 
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MARIPOSA LILIES 
M. E. Hidbert. 
THESE lilies, the "Anemones", grow on the slopes of 
foot hills but come very late in the spring. 
The petals of the flowers grow from a white to a deli- 
cate lavender in color and are a yellow green where the 
dark marking is and there they are quite hairy. 
The pistil and stamen are yellow and the leaves 
are a blueish green. 
FOR CHINA. 
Use Deep Violet of Gold, Brown Green and Moss 
Green, Lemon Yellow and Ochre for the flower. Yellow 
Green, Shading Green and Brown Green in the leaves. 
FOR WATER COLORS. 
Permanent Blue, Crimson Lake, Olive Green, Hook- 
ers Green No. i and No. 2 and Gamboge. 
ROBINEAU PORCELAINS 
IN MAT AND CRYSTALLINE COLORED GLAZES 
1 ase. Mat Ivory glaze- 
running Into semi-nial 
glaze at the base. 
ChrysanI hemum de- 
sign incised on white 
ground. 
The Robineau Pottery^ Syracuse^ N* Y, 
TIFFANY & CO., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AGENTS, 
