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To tinge bone and ivory red

Boil shavings of scarlet cloth in water. When it begins to boil, throw in a quarter of a pound of ashes made from the dregs of wine, which will extract the colour; then throw in a little roche alum to clear it, and pass the water through a linen cloth. Steep the ivory or bone in aqua-fortis, and put into the water. If it is necessary to leave white spots, cover the place destined for them with wax.

Black. -- Take a double handful of lime, and slack it by sprinkling it with water: stir it up together, let it settle ten minutes, and pour the water into a pan. Then take the ivory, &c. and steep it in the lime water twenty-four hours, after which, boil it in strong alum water one hour, and dry it in the air.