. The American stationer. ed out there. Genoa and Rome are the cen-tres of production. There is a colony of cameocutters in Paris who produce some very gcodwork. The cameos made abroad are, as a rule,fanciful works, copies of statues, mythologicalfigures and the like. The shells used in cameocutting are of several sorts, but all are ordinarysea shells or conchs. Some come from the Eastand some from the West Indies. Many are im-ported, as there is commonly only enough mate-rial available in each one for a single shells all have a white sm-face, but theinner layer is red, black and d
. The American stationer. ed out there. Genoa and Rome are the cen-tres of production. There is a colony of cameocutters in Paris who produce some very gcodwork. The cameos made abroad are, as a rule,fanciful works, copies of statues, mythologicalfigures and the like. The shells used in cameocutting are of several sorts, but all are ordinarysea shells or conchs. Some come from the Eastand some from the West Indies. Many are im-ported, as there is commonly only enough mate-rial available in each one for a single shells all have a white sm-face, but theinner layer is red, black and dark claret in color,according to the species. The pieces to be usedby the artist are sawed from the shells andshaped into the square or oval form required ona grindstone. Then thej are ready for theartist.—£x. June 9, 1881.] THE AMEEIOAK STATIOITEE. Y47 OLZD ^E]R,IS:Sia:iR,H3 I^ILLS i^AM*T^wi, nx^ss., ^. s. ^. o- MOo o o o ci3 s«_. -a d 13 O ^^ CO01 O) ^ 0 o ^^ .■§§ ^ J3So ® 00 aO Mgo s a f^ a a, a;03 d3 S o P ®. [The above cut is a fac-simile of the wrapper used on the Linen Ledger Paper.] la- s 32 ^ a ■aCD ^. o o- o d 5- S* ^ LINEN LEDGER PAPER Will stand the severest test of Color, Cumatb, Ink or Wear. OLD BERKSHIRE MltrS Being Triple Sized (a process entirely our own) and Loft Dried, can be erased and written upon the fifth time distinctly. None genuine without the water-mark and dat«, thus—Old Berkshire Mills Linen Ledger, 1881, CARSON & BROWN CO., Manufacturers. L PBAMG & CO
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