Workshop materials and consistency comparisons

Meaning

The pearl account assigns different functions to concrete materials: sponge filters, mother-of-pearl shell supplies a possible filler, marble provides the grinding surface, and pigs’ bristles support the pierced forms. Cheese describes the mass’s consistency, not another ingredient. The following coral passage reuses marble and compares the drying material to potter’s clay. These nouns distinguish tools, constituents, supports, and analogies within the fabrication account; they should not all be read as ingredients in a single compound.