. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ies forcedtogether by drop presses or under screwpressure. This is absolutely proven by theexact duplication of the pattern on sets ofspoons. Accurate measurements show thatthese ornaments were not hand-work, forthere is not the slightest deviation indimensions. The silversmith carried little manufac-tured stock. It was the general practiceto take to the smith the coin which it wasdesired to have fashioned into plate. Thesecoins were melted in a crucible and pouredinto a skillet to form an ingot, which wasthen hammered into sheets of the correctga
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ies forcedtogether by drop presses or under screwpressure. This is absolutely proven by theexact duplication of the pattern on sets ofspoons. Accurate measurements show thatthese ornaments were not hand-work, forthere is not the slightest deviation indimensions. The silversmith carried little manufac-tured stock. It was the general practiceto take to the smith the coin which it wasdesired to have fashioned into plate. Thesecoins were melted in a crucible and pouredinto a skillet to form an ingot, which wasthen hammered into sheets of the correctgauge. This explains the usual practice at thattime of valuing a porringer or a tankard,or other plate, by saying that it containedso many Spanish dollars or English coins. Probably most of the early plate wasfashioned from Spanish dollars, once sogenerally in circulation in this were not up to sterling standard,being only .900 parts fine, while sterling fine. Nevertheless, early plate seems [17] Mid-Eighteenth Century Plate. Bell Shaped Tea Pot
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