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Lead

The best, fattest & softest is brought from Germany and
is not in saulmon, but in lattes, of around an
arm long & three fingers wide.
It is transported to Lyon, and from this, the leaf is made for
small mirrors in Nuremberg.


Pewterer

They also make their molds out of metal which last
longer & mold more cleanly than grais, because the
vessel comes out without fins & smooth. But this is for the
rich because a mold costs fifteen or sixteen
frans. They are mainly made of metal, for basins &
ewers & salt cellars & similar things which are fashioned.

For pints, molds are made with
white clay mixed with horse dung & cloth
waste & well beaten, because the pints, being deep half-circles,
would not easily release from the grais mould,
unlike the earth ones, which are
soft. One makes the noyau of the mold of the said
pints in grais.

In metal molds, one makes vents and casts all at once,
which is the cause that in the middle of the dish, no smoky black line
which comes from the vapor & smoke of the metal that is cast,
which is the cause that in that spot, the work is lumpy & very often
pierced. However they repair it with solderingdu
n, as is said. This smoke is made right in the middle of the
cast, & in  molds of grais.

The vessel can be hammeredmar to make
it more vendable. But it will not last as long.

Depending on the size of their dishes & plates, they have
notches on the spoke of their iron wheels. And when they
want to apply

