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Show ,! 1l,ilirellirerrlllao Hhlll X aifricia Wlonr Tho mauulacturo of tortoise shell ij n ri.trlcUd Industry, nioe.sarlI, and ?e lures n nlte teuch, quickness nnu uoid Judgment. Thu i rluolptl mod. a Kaiiliulatloniiitho I reparation o yiwshilforruaiiufactuw Iptovm us irllclii are mouldlntr aul weiJIiiL. "" moulding or pressing .'"" f ii-.(In ii-.(In heating the shell until It Is pliable, alter which It la slowly and carefully pressed Into moulds having tha form of ihc object desired. When cold the mtull la removed and the arilrlu polished. Il Is lu thl wn) that balls on nonius and other round nnu shaped ornaments aro m-de. this prrssed shell can never I u mended II broken, nor rnaJo into nuy other shapt. If hinted it resume Its original shape, nud soenia to havu lost its welding pro irty allogethor. In welding thu shell (he) arts to be Jollied ate beveled to a ery thin e-dgc, and aru then laid togrther Willi a piece of fresh shell to mako n thickness nven with the remainder of tho piece. The wlirlo Is iubicted to the moist heat ef scalding or bolllug water, which gradually grad-ually eifiena It, after whluh It Is sub-lected sub-lected to n strong prrieuro until the parts nro securely joined; It Is then worked lu the uiual way. Man ro plusupp so that tortolso shell can bo molted, but this Is a mistake. If It coul 1 be done thire would bo on lm-memo lm-memo Kutu In ttio availability uf the sheil, a (.rent deal of whluh Is now waitedjasnll of Iho waste, which la considers) le, could ha utilltsd uud thu danger of ruining the shell lu welding or prtialn would bo ullrutnat-d. 1.1-forla 1.1-forla bavo lieu inidu todtsoovcrn method of melting thu shell, but a) U: It has runted all attempts. Vet few uitlclrs lire nude from a single thliliiien if tbe ahill; for tomba aud hair pins Irom two to four or IIvk thlcknesies nto wtlded together. In heavier articles, such as taper knives, backa fur baud mirrors and brushes, handles for uyc-glaitea, fin sticks and oilier things, a dcteii thicknesses thick-nesses aru often used. In all carved work several i lutes are welded Ugithir In order to give Iho workman a body to work upon, Bomillmea vuiy light aud datnlyun carvid work on aalnglo (latolssren Illslacellko In II dill-caoy dill-caoy aud fniglla accordingly, an that It taorteucr a mere treasure of skillful workmanship than for uie. Theoldir Ihotorlolsothe litavliranJmoruMi u-ahlo u-ahlo Is hla armor, of course. All epoclcs of tortoliti and turtlis llvo to a .greatage, sometimes over one hundred jiars. Hldecomb making Is work which requires re-quires gnat cxirtutks. Tho two lombs are mado from one leoa n Utile wldtr than ono finished tomb, which la Orst mado soil, then a diep flue, zigzag zig-zag cutis made through the mlddloof tho piece, tbe ilg-zage being nearly the lioUhol Ihotettb. This tuuit be done very quickly aud the two pieces Immediately Im-mediately torn maunder, otherwise llio edges of the cut will uultu firmly again, and tbe work, If not tbe shell lutlf, will be rendered utolees. Tho under llicll, or plastron, Il highly valued also, formleg what II called III trade amber abed. It Ij almost trsusiatrnl and very thloi several tblekutsite being required he! fore It can bo shaped or carved. Thu shell from the clawa la alio uied; Ulutj of a light yellow color, It Is welded Id form light streaks where variety of coloring Is sought after. riieLhliitsoand Jaianese are very exiertln tbo manlulatlou of tortoluj shell, and mako many articles not attempted by l.uropoan aud Amerl-I can manufictuiers. hxqulslto work! manshlplu this matirlal coinis front Na les, aa also do tho btsl workmeii erujiloyed hen. j |
