The practical book of early American arts and crafts . PiQ. 8. A, Tin Soonoe with copper circle at top, central tulip device punched. From an old church in Pennsylvania; B, Tin Soonoe with scalloped edge. Frishmuth Collection, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. were often made cylindrical in shape and decoratedwith perforated or punched work designs. Lanthoms, both circular and square, with conicaltop and a ring handle to carry them by, were decoratedwith a punched design, the numerous small holes per-mitting the light from the candle to stream more holes there were,
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . PiQ. 8. A, Tin Soonoe with copper circle at top, central tulip device punched. From an old church in Pennsylvania; B, Tin Soonoe with scalloped edge. Frishmuth Collection, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. were often made cylindrical in shape and decoratedwith perforated or punched work designs. Lanthoms, both circular and square, with conicaltop and a ring handle to carry them by, were decoratedwith a punched design, the numerous small holes per-mitting the light from the candle to stream more holes there were, the more light the lanthorngave. The makers made a virtue of necessity and dis- DECORATIVE METAL WORK 75 posed the many punctures in ingeniously ornamentalpatterns. The illustration (Fig. 9) will give some ideaof the character of the method pursued. Sand shakers, if decorated, were painted in themanner referred to in the chapter on DecorativePainting. Foot-warmers were intended to hold hot coals orheated bricks and stones, which radiated sufficient
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