Shellac, 8 ozs.; lamp black, 1 1-2 ozs.; ultramarine blue, 2 1-2 ozs.; powdered rotton stone, 4 ozs.; powdered pumice stone, 6 ozs.; alcohol, 4 pints. Dissolve the shellac in the alcohol, and the other ingredients and mix them well together. Apply quickly with a flat varnish brush.

Another:

1-4 gallon Japan dryer,

1-8 gallon turpentine,

1-2 pound finest emery,

1-2 pound drop black, (in oil),

2 ozs. ultramarine blue, (in oil).

Apply in the usual manner. In place of powdered emery, 1-2 pound of powdered pumice or 1-4 pound of rotton stone may be substituted.