the new-york EXHIBITION illustrated.

are gilt. To do this, metallic gold is precipitated m the

form of a very finely divided brown powder, 10

tion of its chloride; the precipitate is washed, dned,

rubbed up with a proper flux, mixed with oil of tur-Ilne or irum water, and applied with a delicate brush.Thevesaekare now heated in a muffle, the volatile oil

escapes, and the flux melts and attaches the gold firmlyto the surface. When first removed from the fire, thgold is dull, yellowish brown, and lustreless, but ac-

quires its peculiar color and brilliancy by fiiction of a l page, and

agate or blood-stone burnisher.

£

, , „ u Rfl tastpfnllv I The TRornv of arms, Ac., which is engraved on this page,

, s its I are deficient in eleg“ ce f ’ J is a marble bas-relief, exhibited by C. Bollo, of Genoa,

of the celebrated glass of Bohemia, and possess it 8 ted than could be dewed,

general characters. Many of these articles, however, | 109