. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. Fig. 28. 77 Candlesticks When you have got the relief youcan beat down the ground, and afterremoving the pitch pierce the openingsthrough with a sharp tracer, and then fitit into its place, as described before, andfasten the two together with a central rodand a screw-nut. The candle-socket is. Fig. 29. beaten up out of a cylinder, its top edgeexpanded and turned over (see fig. 29), andbeaten down carefully into a rim ; a falsebottom is next soldered in, and the socketfitted lightly over the cylindrical head
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. Fig. 28. 77 Candlesticks When you have got the relief youcan beat down the ground, and afterremoving the pitch pierce the openingsthrough with a sharp tracer, and then fitit into its place, as described before, andfasten the two together with a central rodand a screw-nut. The candle-socket is. Fig. 29. beaten up out of a cylinder, its top edgeexpanded and turned over (see fig. 29), andbeaten down carefully into a rim ; a falsebottom is next soldered in, and the socketfitted lightly over the cylindrical head ofthe central shaft as before. Another bossmay be made by beating up two cups; one,a little larger than the other, has its edges 78 spread out and turned over the lip of the Candlestickssmaller bowl, as described for the top ofthe candlestick. This makes a very simpleand sturdy-looking candlestick. CHAPTER IX Spoons—The Shape of the Bowl—The Stem—TheHandle or Thumbpiece—Joining the Bowl andHandle—Second Method of Making a Spoon—Third Method—Boxwood Punches—The LeadMatrix—Ingots for Handles First take a piece of silver, say lo gage. Spoonsmark on it the shape of the bowl (fig. 30)—avoid the ugly modern shapes—and beat itout with a boxwood mallet into a suitablehollow in the beating-block. When youhave got it nearly into shape, true it upon the rounde
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