. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. better than on a smooth surface. If trans-lucent enamels are used, however, this sur-face has a mechanical look which is ratherobjectionable, and if the sides of each cellare slightly undercut the enamel will holdquite well. When you have got the whole EnamelWork. Fig. 136. pattern cleanly cut you can now fix thebars which are to carry the belt, and solderthem firmly with 18-carat gold solder, orwith a specially hard alloy of silver andcopper composed of— 211 EnamelWork Fine silver oz. I grs,O Fine co
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. better than on a smooth surface. If trans-lucent enamels are used, however, this sur-face has a mechanical look which is ratherobjectionable, and if the sides of each cellare slightly undercut the enamel will holdquite well. When you have got the whole EnamelWork. Fig. 136. pattern cleanly cut you can now fix thebars which are to carry the belt, and solderthem firmly with 18-carat gold solder, orwith a specially hard alloy of silver andcopper composed of— 211 EnamelWork Fine silver oz. I grs,O Fine copper . o 5 O I 5 o If the latter is used the soldered portionsmust be carefully protected from the heatof the furnace by loam and whitening orplaster of Paris and borax. When thesoldering is done you must go over thework again with a flat scorper, and removethe white skin or boil produced by thepickle. If this is not done the enamelwill not hold. The next thing is the enameling. Thebest colors for silver are blues, greens,purples, and opal. A good scheme forthis buckle would be deep but not darkblue, rich apple green, and opal and darkgreen in the -outer border. Grind theenamels as before described, but not toofinely. The coarser you can use theenamel the better the color; wash eachclear of milkiness, and fill every cell withits proper co
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