Volume 1

Arts treasury of rarities: and curious inventions. : In two parts.

  • White, John
Date:
[1710?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Arts treasury of rarities: and curious inventions. : In two parts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 tHe = 5 Se : 2 Pint, Allom two Ounces, Vinegar half a Pint, ‘and white Starch halfan Ounee, put. them over. a gentle Fire, not fuffering them to become over thick; and then foaking the Skins with Allom- ‘Water, and fuffering them to dry as.ufually, add to this Colouring half a Pint of Cum. water tole- rably thick, lay it on, glazing it over, when dry, with.a Polither. BE ae ee To colour a light Green. Take the Herb called Horfe-Tail, bruife it, and add te. the Juice. a fmall Quantity of Verdigreafe, Allom and Cop- Petras, and over a gentle Fire make it into a Co- _Acur, which will prove very pleafant. | fie To .drefs or cower Leather with Silver, or Gold. Take that which is called brown Red, and grind OF move it_ona Stone witha Muller, adding Wa- ter and Chalk, the. latter being diffolved, and with itrub or lightly dawb the Skins over, “till they took a little whitith ;- and then, before they are “4uite dry, lay on your Leaf Silver, or Gold, pla- ‘ing the Leaves a little over each other, that no Antermiffion be found;.and when they shave well ‘cloled with the Leather, .and are fufficient'y dried “on, rab themiover with a Polifher made of {mooth Wvoty, or of a Horfe’s Fore-‘Tooth, and you will find it very {plendid. ges Se Another Way of gilding Leather more lafing than the former, viz, Take Glair, made or confifting Of the Whites of Eggs, or you may, for want Of the former, make. Gum- Water, and with a - Brufh run over the Leather with either of them, which done, lay on your Gold, or Silver, and burnith it over as the former. . To make Leather foine without any Gold.’ Take i Whites of Egos, Gum-Water, and Powder ai. Antimony, mix them well together by beating, . and having your Skins well dry’d, lay the mixture ©n them, ‘and do it often, ‘till the Leather be oe “Sh arias eae ids \ rae >