China Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain

103 pp. 12 pages of publisher ads follow text. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on front board. CONTENTS: Introduction; Firing; Materials; Preparing the Design; General Directions for Painting; Composition of Palettes for Various Styles of Painting; Tinted Grounds; Mat Colors; Other Pigments and Mediums; Metallic Decoration; Burnishing; Paste for Raised Gold; General Remarks on Decoration.