temperature required to fuse them ; ass high or strong, medium or light, respectively. The same phraseology is also applicable, for the same reasons, to china, indicating the quality of the glaze ; as, for instance, English china has noticeably a much softer glaze than French china.
A knowledge of the varying degrees in the quality of china is of great assistance in the manipulation of color, to produce the results sought.
The colors mentioned and recommended in this Manual are exclusively those from the laboratory of Lacroix of Paris. He was the first to make china-painting by amateurs a possibility ; and during the twenty-five years that he has supplied these colors they have always sustained their reputation for quality and uniformity.
They are universally recognized as standard productions, and are therefore most generally use. Moreover, they are always reliable, and may be obtained anywhere,--- two distinct advantages over ephemeral imitations that only asses a local reputation.
Nothing is to gained by using colors obtained indiscriminately from various sources.
Exact reproductions of all of Lacroix colors are given in this volume ; and as it is the first time that such a scheme has been accomplished, or even attempted, it cannot fail to be of real value
this is a color chart in the back of the book which will not be printed here.
