KERAMIC STUDIO 
9$ 
MEDALLION PLATE TREATMENT— ANNA B. LEONARD 
THE six medallions and the band connecting them are in 
gold, edged with raised paste beading. The settings for 
enamels are also of raised paste dots, which must be very fine 
and as close together as possible without touching, and they 
should not be raised very high. When this beading or line of 
raised dots is dry, run the finger lightly over to see that no 
sharp points are prominent, as that stamps the amateur worker 
at once, and the result after firing is anything but agreeable. 
The work must be smooth, so that there may be nothing un- 
pleasant to the touch, and also to prevent the lint from the 
linen clinging to the plate when it is being cleansed. The ex- 
treme outer edge and the inner band are tinted with a com- 
bination of Night Green two-thirds, and Deep Blue Green 
one-third ; then add flux, one-fourth of the whole mixture. 
Put on the tint so it will be a deep rich turquoise blue, not 
the pale, washed-out looking tint one sees on the cheap china. 
The English factories claim that their turquoise blue has 
reached a greater perfection than that from other factories. 
Bear this in mind and try to prove that it can be accomplished 
on other porcelains. This tint must be fired very hard (it 
cannot be destroyed) and it will bear repeated firings (the 
writer has a plate that she fires every time the kiln is used 
and after fifty fires it is still as bright and clear as ever). Of 
course the Beleek must not be fired so hard. Directions have 
been given for the rose garlands. The best pink to use for 
the small roses is Carmine 3, for the deep roses use Carmine 3 
and Ruby Purple (German) half and'half. Make the leaves a 
tender green for the first firing, using Apple Green and Mix- 
ing Yellow, with variations of Brown Green, Deep Red Brown 
and occasionally some grey leaves. The colors are better pure 
and clean, and a pointed shader No. 8 (with good point) will 
give a particularly effective stroke for the small leaves and 
sharp little stems and accessories. 
This plate may be used as a serving plate, or a dessert 
plate, and it is charming in a cabinet, which makes it accepta- 
ble too as a single plate for a gift. 
