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KERAMIC STUDIO 
NUBIAN WATER BOTTLE 
Fads come and go among collectors of articles as well as in 
the world of fashion. One of the newest of fads is the collect- 
ing of bottles. Some collectors arrange their bottles chrono- 
logically, others gather their bottles from certain countries. 
A young woman artist has come into possession of a treasure 
in this line, which she values highly. It is a Nubian water 
bottle, and was brought from Egypt. Its leather covering 
is curiously ornamented with beads and. shells strung together, 
it has a cord at the top and a fringe of leather and beads at the 
bottom. The latter is of particular interest in this day of 
bead adornment. 
The beads are red, green and white, and are inter- 
mingled with small, pierced shells. 
LILY LEAF DESIGN— ALICE WITTE SLOAN 
TREATMENT FOR LILIES 
5, Evannah Price 
THE most pleasing color scheme for this design seems to 
be of a brownish green. For the first painting use 
Lemon Yellow for flowers, modeling with Yellow Brown, 
adding Brown Green in the darkest parts. The high lights 
should be kept very clear until the last fire. Wipe out the 
stamens very clean and touch the ends with Brown. Paint 
the leaves with Yellow Green, Brown Green and Black. The 
background should be laid while all is moist with Yellow 
Brown, Brown Green and Black. For second fire strengthen 
shadows and background with same colors. For third fire 
tint lightly with Pearl Grey over all and when very dr3^ dust 
the light part of background with Pearl Grej^ and darker 
parts with Meissen Brown. Let the Meissen Brown dusting 
extend over distant leaves and flowers. 
