CHAPTER XX.

HARNESS MOUNTINGS.

Classes and Styles—Plated, close and electro—Grades of Silver for Close Plate—How to determine the Quality—Electro Plate less durable, but cheaper—Tarnishing not an Evidence of Impurity —Gold Plate—Nickel—Its Color and Advantages—Brass not popular —Oroide, its Color—Not desirable except as a Base for Gilding —Aluminum the most expensive Metal—German Silver, its superiority as a white Metal—Covered Mountings—Leather and Composition—Leather used—Liability to rip—Improvements made —Rubber-covered—When patented—Description of Process of Manufacture—Celluloid-covered—Description of Manufacture— Tinned—XC Plate—Japanned—Patented Styles—Illustrations of Terrets, Hooks, etc. 249