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KERAMIC STUDIO 
L. N. C. — Are stilts used to stack Satsuma for firing? 
It is not safe as the ware is soft and the stilt is apt to take a piece out of 
it. Use a small piece of platten for stacking. 
A Subscriber — Hoiv should Seji ware be fired? 
2. What made pimples come on the inside of a Seji ware bowl? 
3. Should unfiuxed gold be used on it the same as Belleek? 
4. What can a person get in white gold to use on Belleek? Can ordinary 
white gold be used or must it be an unfiuxed white? 
5. What makes enamel rough and uneven? 
6. Should Belleek china be stilted and why? 
7. Can green gold, white gold and red gold be used over unfiuxed gold? 
1 . It can be fired quite a little hotter than Belleek but not as hot as the 
French china, it requires the same fire as the Satsuma ware. 
2. It may be caused by an over-fire but if your colors were not over- 
fired then possibly it may have been in the ware. 
3. It is not necessary to use unfiuxed gold on it. 
4. "Use the regular white gold on Belleek and give it a light fire, it does 
not over-fire as easily as the fluxed gold. 
5. An under fire will make enamels rough if the unevenness is caused 
in the fire, but if caused when puttingit on, it probably was not used thin enough 
or you may not have used enough in your brush so it flows easily from it. 
6. It is best to place large pieces of Belleek on stilts so the heat can 
circulate all around it, the piece is not so liable to crack. 
7. Yes, they can be used over the unfiuxed gold. 
SALAD PLATE AND CUP AND SAUCER— MAY B. HOELSCHER 
OIL leaves and the small circles in bands and dust with 
Florentine Green. Oil the large figures in the bands 
and dust with Deep Ivory and the dark part of it with Coffee 
Brown. Outline around flowers and the bands are Green Gold. 
Second Fire — Paint a thin wash of Albert Yellow over 
flowers and buds and paint centers of flowers with Yellow 
Brown. A tint may be added in the long panels on the plate 
and the plain panel on cup if desired. It should be oiled and 
dusted with 2 parts Pearl Grey, 1 Ivory Glaze and a little 
Albert Yellow. Retouch Gold in second fire. 
