Practical Instructions in Enamel Painting Glass, Etc, China, Tiles, To Which Is Added Full Instructions for the Manufacture of the Vitreous Pigments Required, With Twelve Pages (Classic Reprint)

JjpANY works have from time to time been written upon =-== this ancient and interesting A rt, but, unfortunately, in most instances they have failed in the intention of the authors. Nor is this result to be wondered at, when we remember, that they have been produced either by amateurs, possessing but a theoretical smattering of the subject, or by compilers, who have obtained their knowledge from encyclopedias of a past date which have in turn procured their information from, at times, very questionable authority. Certain it is, that there are very few works upon the subject which will bear reading by the Glass Painter of the present day: and even those few are found so burdened with enunciations of opinions, and unnecessary antiquated recipes, as to be totally useless for any practical purpose. It is evident, therefore, that to place any of these works before the tyro desirous of obtaining any intimate knowledge of the profession, would have no effect, beyond that either of misleading him, or of causing him to waste time which he could more profitably employ. The object of the Publishers of this work being to popularise and extend this branch of decorative art; they have considered it advisable to obtain the assistance of one, who for many years has been professionally engaged in the execution of every description of Enamelling upon Glass, Tiles, and China, and whose information may therefore be relied on as being the result of actual experience. From this rather sweeping condemnation we must except Mr. Winston jwho, although an amateur, was without doubt well acquainted with the subject on which he wrote, and who has left behind him a collection of tracings of old glass extremely valuable for reference and comparison.
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