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Author: Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, b. ca. 1650.
Title: The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours.
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Print source: The art of glass shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel : likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses : to which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling : also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers ... : illustrated with proper sculptures / written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English ; with an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours.
Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, b. ca. 1650.
London: Printed for Dan. Brown ... Tho. Bennet ... D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh ... and R. Wilkin ..., 1699.
Alternate titles: De l'art de la verrerie. English
Subject terms:
Glass manufacture -- Early works to 1800.
Enamel and enameling -- Early works to 1800.
Precious stones.
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TO My Lord Marquiss OF VILLACERF, Counsellour of State, Chief Steward of the Houshold to the Late Queen; Superinten∣dant and Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Buildings and Gardens, Arts and Manufa∣ctures.
THE PREFACE.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. I. Of the Original, Antiquity, and Vse of Glass.
CHAP. XX. To make Ferretto of Spain for Tinging Glass.
CHAP. XXI. Another Extraordinary Way of making Ferretto of Spain, which is a great Secret.
CHAP. XXII. Another Way of making Ferretto of only Copper, for Tinging Glass.
CHAP. XXIII. Another Way of making Ferretto of only Copper for Tinging Glass.
CHAP. XXIV. To make Crocus Ferri, commonly called Crocus Martis, to colour Glass.
CHAP. XXV. Another way of making Crocus Martis for Colouring of Glass.
CHAP. XXVI. Another way of making Crocus Martis with Aqua Fortis.
CHAP. XXVII. Another way of making Crocus Martis with Aqua Regalis.
CHAP. XXVIII. Another way to make Crocus Martis.
CHAP. XXIX. The last way of making Crocus Martis.
CHAP. XXX. The way to Calcine little Plates of Copper, to tinge Glass of a blue Colour.
CHAP. XXXI. Another way of Calcining these leaves of Copper to make a very transparent Red, Yellow, and Chalcedony.
CHAP. XXXII. To calcine Copper to a Red Powder, which serves in several Processes for colouring Glass.
CHAP. XXXIII. To make Copper thrice calcin'd for colouring Glass.
CHAP. XXXIV. Another way of making thrice calcin'd Copper with less charge and more ease.
CHAP. XXXV. Another Calcination of Copper call'd Aes ustum.
CHAP. XXXVI. Another better way of making Aes ustum.
CHAP. XXXVII. The way to make Crocus Veneris.
CHAP. XXXVIII. Another way more easie to make Crocus Veneris.
CHAP. XXXIX. Another easy way of making Crocus Veneris.
CHAP. XL. The first Colour of Sea-Green for a Tincture of Glass.
CHAP. XLI. Another Sky-Colour, or Sea-Green.
CHAP. XLII. Another Sea-green colour in Artificial Crystal, which the Italians call Bollito.
CHAP. XLIII. A fine Sky-Colour or Sea-Green in Crystal.
CHAP. XLIV. Another Sky-Colour or Sea-Green, made with less charge, to colour Glass.
CHAP. XLV. Another Sea-green far finer than the rest.
CHAP. XLVI. To make a green Emerald-Colour in Glass.
CHAP. XLVII. Another Emerald green more fair than the preceeding.
CHAP. XLVIII. Another wonderfull Green.
CHAP. XLIX. Another Oriental Emerald Green finer than the rest.
CHAP. L. The way of making Turcois blue, a particular Colour in this Art.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. LI. Wherein is shown the art of making Chalcedony of the Colour of Agats and Oriental Jasper; with the way to prepare all Colours for this purpose. To make Aqua-Fortis and Regalis, necessary in this business. The way of preparing and calcining Tartar, and u∣niting it with the Red Colour of its own kind called by the Italians Rosichiero, which produceth Glass of many Colours with undulations in them very plea∣sant to behold, and gives it an Opacity like Oriental Stones.
CHAP. LII. The way to prepare Aqua-Fortis, which dissolves Silver and Quicksilver.
CHAP. LIII. The way of purifying Vitriol to make Aqua-Fortis stronger and more penetrative.
CHAP. LIV. The way to make Aqua Regalis for the solution of Gold and other Metals, except Silver.
CHAP. LV. Another way of making Aqua-Regalis far stronger than the former.
CHAP. LVI. Another way of making Aq. Reg. more easie, and with less precaution.
CHAP. LVII. The way to Calcine Tartar.
CHAP. LVIII. A way to make a fair Chalcedony in Glass.
CHAP. LIX. A second Species of Chalcedony.
CHAP. LX. The third and last way of Chalcedony.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. LXI. The Way of making Glass of the colour of Gold Yellow, of Granat, Amethist, Saphir, Velvet Black, Milk White, Marble, Peach Flower, and deep Red: Also to make Fritt with Natural Crystal, to colour Glass of a Pearl Colour, Viper, Ruby, Topaz, Opal, Sun-flower and others, with several other particulars in this Art.
CHAP. LXII. To make a Gold-Yellow in Glass.
CHAP. LXIII. Granat-Colour in Glass.
CHAP. LXIV. To make an Amethist-Colour in Glass.
CHAP. LXV. To make Glass of a Saphir-Colour.
CHAP. LXVI. Another way of giving Glass a finer Saphir-Colour.
CHAP. LXVII. To give Glass a Velvet Black.
CHAP. LXVIII. Another Way of giving Glass a much fairer Velvet Black.
CHAP. LXIX. Another Velvet Black fairer than the precedent.
CHAP. LXX. To make a Milk White Colour in Glass.
CHAP. LXXI. Another Fairer and Whiter Colour.
CHAP. LXXII. The Way to give Glass the Colour of Lapis Lazuli.
CHAP. LXXIII. The Way to make a Marble-Colour in Glass.
CHAP. LXXIV. The Way of making a Peach-Colour in Glass.
CHAP. LXXV. The Way of tinging Glass of a deep Red.
CHAP. LXXVI. The Way of Calcining Natural (or Rock) Crystal, to make an Extraordinary Fritt.
CHAP. LXXVII. To make Pearl Colour in Crystal.
CHAP. LXXVIII. The Way to tinge Natural Crystal of a Viper colour.
CHAP. LXXIX. To make in Natural Crystal the Colour of Rubies, Topaz, Opal, Gyrasol and others.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. LXXX. The Way of making Glass of Lead, commonly called Vi∣trum Saturni: To calcine Lead, and extract from it the Colours of Emerald, Topaz, Sea-green or Azure, Granate, Sapphire, Gold, and other Colours.
CHAP. LXXXI. To Calcine Lead.
CHAP. LXXXII. The Way to make Glass of Lead.
CHAP. LXXXIII. The Way how to Work Glass of Lead.
CHAP. LXXXIV. To make Glass of Lead of a fair Emerald Colour.
CHAP. LXXXV. Another Way of making Glass of Lead of a fairer Eme∣rald than the former.
CHAP. LXXXVI. To make a Glass of Lead, of the Colour of Topaz.
CHAP. LXXXVII. To make a Sky, or Sea-Green, in Glass of Lead.
CHAP. LXXXVIII. To make a Granat Colour in Glass of Lead.
CHAP. LXXXIX. To make a Sapphire-Colour in Glass of Lead.
CHAP. XC. The Way to make a Golden-colour in Glass of Lead.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. XCI. Shewing the Way to prepare Natural Crystal, and to make a very fine Salt of Tartar, and several sorts of Pasts, for Emerald, Topaz, Chrysolite, Iacinth, Granat, Sap∣phire, Beryl or Egmarine, Carbuncles, Rubies, and se∣veral other Colours, of so great Beauty that they sur∣pass the Natural Stones themselves in every thing but Hardness.
CHAP. XCII. The Way of preparing Natural Crystal.
CHAP. XCIII. The Way of making a very sine and pure Salt of Tartar.
CHAP. XCIV. To make a Past for Oriental Emerald.
CHAP. XCV. Another deeper Emerald-Colour.
CHAP. XCVI. Another Way to make a fairer Paste for Emeralds.
CHAP. XCVII. Another fairer Paste for Emeralds.
CHAP. XCVIII. Another very fair Emerald-Colour.
CHAP. XCIX. To make a Paste for an Oriental Topaz.
CHAP. C. Another fine Topaz-Colour.
CHAP. CI. To make a Paste for an Oriental Chrysolite.
CHAP. CII. To make a Paste for Sky-colour, to imitate the Beryl, called also Aqua-Marina.
CHAP. CIII. To make a Paste for Sapphire-Colour.
CHAP. CIV. Another Oriental Sapphire.
CHAP. CV. Another deeper Oriental Sapphire.
CHAP. CVI. To make a Paste for an Oriental Granat.
CHAP. CVII. A deeper Oriental Granat.
CHAP. CVIII. Another fairer Granat.
CHAP. CIX. Observations for Pasts and their Colours.
CHAP. CX. To make Sulphur Saturni, to be used in Pasts for all Artificial Gems.
CHAP. CXI. The Way to make very hard Pasts with Sulphur of Saturn, and to give them all the Colours of Precious Stones.
CHAP. CXII. The Way to make Saturnus (called) Glorificatus.
CHAP. CXIII. Another Way of making Paste for Precious Stones, with Saturnus Glorificatus.
CHAP. CXIV. To make a very fair Carbuncle.
CHAP. CXV. Another Carbuncle more noble and fairer, called, Car∣bunculus nocte illuminans.
CHAP. CXVI. To make Oriental Rubies.
CHAP. CXVII. To make Balass Ruby.
CHAP. CXVIII. To make Oriental Sapphire.
CHAP. CXIX. The Way to make an Oriental Emerald.
CHAP. CXX. The Way to make Turcois.
CHAP. CXXI. To make Oriental Topaz.
CHAP. CXXII. The Way to make Chrysolite.
CHAP. CXXIII. Another Way of making all sorts of Precious Stones much harder, to turn Iargons of Avernia into Diamonds, to make Diamonds of Alanson, and harden them, to make white and fine Sapphires as hard as true Diamonds, &c.
CHAP. CXXIV. The Way to make a fair Emerald.
CHAP. CXXV. The Way to make a Violet-Sapphire.
CHAP. CXXVI. Another Violet-Sapphire of a deeper Colour.
CHAP. CXXVII. Another very fine Blue-Sapphire.
CHAP. CXXVIII. Another fine Sapphire.
CHAP. CXXIX. Another Admirable Blue.
CHAP. CXXX. The Way to make Beryl, or Egmarine.
CHAP. CXXXI. Another deeper Egmarine.
CHAP. CXXXII. To make a fair Jacynth.
CHAP. CXXXIII. Another fairer Jacynth-Colour.
CHAP. CXXXIV. Another Oriental Iacynth-Colour.
CHAP. CXXXV. The Way of making a true and very fine Peridor∣Colour.
CHAP. CXXXVI. Another Colour of Peridor.
CHAP. CXXXVII. Of Iargons of Avernia, and the Way to make those Red which are of a Gridelin-Colour.
CHAP. CXXXVIII. The Way of Extracting a Tincture of Iargons d'Au∣vergne, and to make very fair and hard Diamonds thereof.
CHAP. CXXXIX. The Way to make Diamonds.
CHAP. CXL. Another Way of making the Diamond of Alanson.
CHAP. CXLI. The Way to give the true Colour and Hardness of a Dia∣mond, to Crystals and Diamonds of Alanson.
CHAP. CXLII. Another Way to harden Crystals and Diamonds of Alanson.
CHAP. CXLIII. A Way to harden Crystals and Diamonds of Alanson, and to make them sparkle as much as Natural Oriental Diamonds.
CHAP. CXLIV. The Way to turn White Sapphire into true Diamond.
CHAP. CXLV. Another Way of turning the White Sapphire into a true Diamond.
CHAP. CXLVI. Another way to turn the White Sapphire into a true Diamond.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CXLVII. Wherein proper Rules and Matter for all sorts of Ena∣mel are prescribed, with Directions for qualifying the Fire, in order to succeed well. How to make Gold∣smiths Enamel of several Colours for Gold. A neat Preparation of the Magnese. A Spirit of Saturn, a fixt Sulphur, and a mild Vitriol of Venus, of most sovereign Vertue and Vse.
CHAP. CXLVIII. To prepare the Matter for Enamel.
CHAP. CXLIX. To make Enamel of a Milk-white Colour.
CHAP. CL. A Turcoise-blue Enamel.
CHAP. CLI. To make a very fine blue Enamel.
CHAP. CLII. Another blue Enamel.
CHAP. CLIII. To make a pretty Green Enamel.
CHAP. CLIV. Another Green Enamel.
CHAP. CLV. Another Green Enamel.
CHAP. CLVI. The Way to make▪ Black Enamel.
CHAP. CLVII. Another Black Enamel.
CHAP. CLVIII. Another Black Enamel.
CHAP. CLIX. To make Purple-coloured Enamel.
CHAP. CLX. Another Purple Enamel.
CHAP. CLXI. To make Enamel of Violet-colour.
CHAP. CLXII. The Way to make Yellow Enamel.
CHAP. CLXIII. The Way to make a Crystal-Ground for our Red Enamel.
CHAP. CLXIV. An Excellent Preparation of Fusible Manganese to be used in making of our Red Enamel.
CHAP. CLXV. The Way to make a Fixt Sulphur, to be used in Composi∣tions for Enamel.
CHAP. CLXVI. Another fixt Incombustible Sulphur.
CHAP. CLXVII. To Extract Spirit of Saturn, an Excellent Ingredient for Enamel and Glass-work.
CHAP. CLXVIII. The Way to make Enamel of a Blood-colour Red.
CHAP. CLXIX. Another Blood-colour Enamel.
CHAP. CLXX. Another Red Enamel of a very Splendid Ruby-colour.
CHAP. CLXXI. Another Ballas-Ruby-colour Enamel.
CHAP. CLXXII. Another Enamel of a Rose-colour for Gold.
CHAP. CLXXIII. Another very fine Rose-colour.
CHAP. CLXXIV. Another Rose-colour Enamel.
CHAP. CLXXV. Another Splendid Enamel of a Carbuncle-colour.
CHAP. CLXXVI. The Way to calcine Copper for making Vitriol of Venus, without Corrosive.
CHAP. CLXXVII. To make Vitriol of Venus without Corrosive.
CHAP. CLXXVIII. The Way to extract a fair Vitriol of Venus from our our Coloured Waters.
CHAP. CLXXIX. The Method of drawing the Spirit of the Vitriol of Ve∣nus, which has a wonderful Blue, and how to separate the Caput Mortuum for tinging of Glass.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CLXXX.
CHAP. CLXXXI. Of the Furnace for Enameling and Pourtraying.
CHAP. CLXXXII. The Way to Enamel Gold.
CHAP. CLXXXIII. To Enamel on Silver.
CHAP. CLXXXIV. To Enamel on Copper.
CHAP. CLXXXV. To prepare the Enamel for the Metals.
CHAP. CLXXXVI. To prepare the Colours for Painting on Enamel.
CHAP. CLXXXVII. To make White for Painting on Enamel.
CHAP. CLXXXVIII. To make a Black for painting on Enamel.
CHAP. CLXXXIX. A Yellow for Paint on Enamel.
CHAP. CXC. A Blue to paint on Enamel.
CHAP. CXCI. A Red Paint for Enamel.
CHAP. CXCII. The Way to Paint on Enamel.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CXCIII.
CHAP. CXCIV. The Furnace for making of China,
CHAP. CXCV. To make your Stuff for China-Ware.
CHAP. CXCVI. How to Enamel the China.
CHAP. CXCVII. To paint the China.
CHAP. CXCVIII. To Gild China.
CHAP. CXCIX. Another Way.
CHAP. CC. The Way to prepare Linseed-Oyl for Gilding of China.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CCI.
CHAP. CCII. A Furnace for Painting the Glass, and Setling the Colours.
CHAP. CCIII. To make White-Ground for Painting on Glass.
CHAP. CCIV. To prepare Black for painting on Glass.
CHAP. CCV. To prepare a Yellow Paint for Glass.
CHAP. CCVI. To make a Blue for painting Glass.
CHAP. CCVII. To make Red Colour for Glass Paint.
CHAP. CCVIII. To make a Purple-colour for painting of Glass.
CHAP. CCIX. To make a Green Paint for Glass.
CHAP. CCX. Of other Colours in general for Painting on Glass.
CHAP. CCXI. The Way to make Rocaille.
CHAP. CCXII. The Way to Paint on Glass.
CHAP. CCXIII. How to order your Glass in the Furnace after Painting, and to manage the Fire.
CHAP. CCXIV. Another Way to Paint on Glass.
CHAP. CCXV. The Manner of Gilding on Glass.
CHAP. CCXVI. Another Way to Gild Glass.
CHAP. CCXVII. To imitate Precious-Stones in Colours, on Globes, or other Vessels of White Glass.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CCXVIII.
CHAP. CCXIX. How to Extract Lake from Broom-Flowers.
CHAP. CCXX. To Extract the Tincture of Poppies, Iris (or Flower∣de-luce) Red-Roses, Violets, and all sorts of Green∣Herbs, for making Lake of their Colour.
CHAP. CCXXI. Another Way to Extract the Tincture of Yellow Flowers, of Field-Poppies, Irises, ordinary and deep colour∣ed Violets, Carnation, and Red-Rose, Borrage∣Flowers, Red-Coleworts, Flags, &c. Together with the Verditers of Mallows, Burnet, and other Herbs.
CHAP. CCXXII. To make a Scarlet-colour'd Lake.
CHAP. CCXXIII. To Extract Scarlet-colour from Kerm-Berries, for making a Fine Lake.
CHAP. CCXXIV. A readier way to Extract the Tincture of Kerm-Berries.
CHAP. CCXXV. To make Lake, or Tincture of Brazile.
CHAP. CCXXVI. To Extract Tincture of Madder for Lake.
CHAP. CCXXVII. How to make Ultra-marine, of Lapis-Lazuli.
CHAP. CCXXVIII. To make a Liquid for Moistning and Grinding the Powder withal, &c.
CHAP. CCXXIX. To prepare a mild and a strong Lixivium for the Lapis-Lazuli.
CHAP. CCXXX. The Form of the Glasses for preserving the Liquids in, which are employed on the Lapis-Lazuli.
CHAP. CCXXXI. To make strong Cement to mix with Lapis-Lazuli, to separate the finer and better Stuff from the other.
CHAP. CCXXXII. To make a weaker Cement for separating the Colours of Lapis-Lazuli.
CHAP. CCXXXIII. To purifie Linseed-Oyl.
CHAP. CCXXXIV. How to incorporate the Powder of Lapis-Lazuli with the strong, or weaker Cement.
CHAP. CCXXXV. To Extract the Ultra-marine.
CHAP. CCXXXVI. The Method of cleansing the Ultra-marine when 'tis se∣parated from the Cement.
CHAP. CCXXXVII. To strain off the Ultra-marine already Washt and Purified.
CHAP. CCXXXVIII. To Correct the Colours just before prepared.
CHAP. CCXXXIX. Another Way to make Ultra-marine, and draw off the Colours with more Expedition.
CHAP. CCXL. Another Way to make Ultra-marine.
CHAP. CCXLI. To make German-Blue.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CCXLII.
CHAP. CCXLIII. To imitate fine Oriental Pearl.
CHAP. CCXLIV. To make Mercury-Water for giving Transparency and Splendour to the Pearls.
CHAP. CCXLV. Another Way to make these Pearls.
CHAP. CCXLVI. Another Way.
CHAP. CCXLVII. How to blanch fine Pearl.
CHAP. CCXLVIII. Another Way to Blanch and Cleanse fine Pearl.
CHAP. CCXLIX. To make Counterfeit Pearl, very like the Natural.
OF THE ART OF GLASS.
CHAP. CCL.
CHAP. CCLI. The Way to make Looking-glass.
CHAP. CCLII. To Grind, Polish, and Cut the Looking-Glass.
CHAP. CCLIII. To File, or Silver the Looking-Glass.
CHAP. CCLIV. How to make Spherical Concaves, and Convex Glasses, commonly called Burning Mirrours.
CHAP. CCLV. How to make Metal Mirrours, Concave Sphericks, or Parabolicks, usually called, Steel Burning Mir∣rours.
CHAP. CCLVI. To Polish the Steel Mirrours.
AN APPENDIX Shewing how to Make GLASS-EYES Very Natural.
THE INDEX.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
BOOK XI.
BOOK XII.