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fire too pale, go over them again with any color you like, just 
as in painting, and refire. Be careful to keep the enamels flat 
like the color. By using them very wet, they will flow prop- 
erly on the design and smooth themselves so that there will 
be no unevenness in texture, If the tone of color varies, that 
detracts nothing, in fact the surface looks better with a color 
that vibrates. If the gold or bronze runs over the outline, 
touch up the outline in the next fire, otherwise the gold will 
come forward and your design sink back. 
There are four panels of this design, one on each side, 
one in front and one under the handle. The body of the 
tankard may be tinted cream or painted in yellow lustre. 
(This same design may be carried out in different tones of 
blue.) 
For the dark blue bands use Dark Blue (Lacroix), a little 
Brunswick Black and a little Ruby Purple, with one-eighth 
Aufsetzweis. Put on a light wash each time the piece is 
fired. 
MENTION, MODERN DESIGN— CRACKER JAR— BABCOCK 
LEAVE white china for white portions of this design. The 
flowers make blue in flat enamels, using Dark Blue and 
a touch of Ruby Purple. The leaves and stems should be 
Brown Green and Moss Green, the darkest portion of design 
and the outlines gold, and the gray portions of background 
pale brown or green. This design would be very effective 
carried out in different shades of gold and bronze with black- 
outlines. 
