PEACOCK TANKARD DESIGN-adelaide alsop robineau 
REPRINTED BY REQUEST FROM KERAMIC STUDIO OF OCT., 1899 
DECEMBER 1915 
KERAMIC STUDIO 
COPYRIGHT I91S 
KERAMIC STUDIO PUB. CO. 
THIS design is to be carried out with an oriental effect. The base is a 
Turquoise Blue or Apple Green, the background of the design beginning 
at the top with a dark rich blue, gradually taking a brighter tone toward the 
base of design, but keeping dark throughout. The design is carried out in 
raised and flat gold and white enamel, the "eyes" of the design being treated 
with enamels to give the color effect of the peacock feathers. The peacocks 
themselves should be laid in at first with lustres, Brown, Green and Orange, 
with Blue Grey thin on head and breast. For the second fire shade the tail 
and body with the same colors, touch the "eyes" with enamels and indicate 
the drawing of the feathei's with flat gold. 
The "eyes" should be Dark Blue with a touch of Black, Apple Green next, 
then Orange Yellow shading into Yellow Brown, the rest of the feathers being- 
brownish green. Another treatment for the background is to use bronzes, 
shading into a base of light yellowish brown or a tint composed of Yellow 
Ochre with a touch of Red Brown. Lay the entire conventional design in 
with flat enamels, black, white, dark green, tan, with the eyes as directed be- 
fore, outline with gold or color. Yellow Ochre and Iron Reds will fire out of 
Aufsetzweis, so it is best where a tan or red shade is desired, to cover the 
space with white enamel for the first fire and paint over the enamel with ochre 
or red in the second fire. 
Oil of Lavender will be found easier to use than turpentine for flat 
enamel washes. 
