The practical book of early American arts and crafts . irons horns, thus raising the design in of the most beautiful examples of decoration pro-duced by this process is the beaker by Samuel Drowne(1728-1774) with an acanthus base which is also chased. Stamping, besides being applied to spoon bowls andlike shallow objects, was resorted to for making decora-tive bands and repeats, such as the acanthus leavesabout the base of the tankard in Key III, 11. Whenstamped by dies in a strip, these decorations weresoldered in place. TYPES OF DECORATIVE MOTIFS Lettebing was the simplest form of
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . irons horns, thus raising the design in of the most beautiful examples of decoration pro-duced by this process is the beaker by Samuel Drowne(1728-1774) with an acanthus base which is also chased. Stamping, besides being applied to spoon bowls andlike shallow objects, was resorted to for making decora-tive bands and repeats, such as the acanthus leavesabout the base of the tankard in Key III, 11. Whenstamped by dies in a strip, these decorations weresoldered in place. TYPES OF DECORATIVE MOTIFS Lettebing was the simplest form of engraved dec-oration, and was executed in all manners, from Eomancapitals to numerous variations of flowing script. Innearly all cases the lettering is well spaced and theletters themselves are well proportioned and graceful(Key I, 2; Fig. 1, B and E, the rim of the Christ Churchbaptismal bowl by Philip Syng, the back of the Mar-garet Tresse, spinstor plate by Cesar Grhiselin, the rimof the Hancock plate, and the flagon of the BrattleStreet Church)..
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