Pearls ; Their Occurrence in the United States, Etc.
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and the patterns inlaid in rich pinkish and lilac-tinted mother-of-pearl. As so little has appeared in the United States concerning the utilization of pearl shells of any kind in lacquer or similar industries, the following notes* from the works of Prof. ,1. J. Rein, of the University of Berlin, and Prof. Christopher Dresser possess great interest : Ao-gainuri or ao-gai-togi-dashi, mother-of-pearl lacquer, in which the coarsely or finely pulverized mother-of-pearl from varieties of Trochusand o...f Baliotis is used. If whole surfaces are to be evenly adorned, the process is like that in which metal powder isemployed. If, on the contrary, definitely outlined decorations are intended, * Sea also article on "Lacquer," bj Russell Sturgis, in Johnson's Universal Encyclopaedia, 70I. iv, New York. 1894, I.e. li. 1893—29 450 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. stencil patterns of tin toil are pasted on the surface of the ground work, and the open spaces arc coated with ro iro-iuiishi, and then sprinkled with ao-gai or mother- of-pearl powder.
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