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104 In addition to the above, you will need a mall quantity of spirits of turpentine; about ten cents' worth of oil of lavender, which can be bought at any drug store; a common plate, to be used as a palette; a few soft rags; a little cotton; a few sheets of tracing paper; a sheet or two of transfer paper; and a hand rest, consisting of a strip of wood, a foot or eighteen inches long, by two inches wide, with bits of wood of the same width and about an inch in length, firmly nailed to each end.

Having provided the tools for your china painting, the next requisite is an assortment of colors. For amateurs' use, the most convenient are the Lacroix tube colors, which can be obtained from any dealer in artists' materials. The following list embraces all that is necessary for a beginner's use: