The practical book of early American arts and crafts . TOP AND BOTTOM OF PATCH BOX, EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, UN-MARKED. TOP OF PATCH BOX BY JOHN WINDOVER, 1694-1726, MARKEDI W (IN OVAL). TEAPOT AND STAND BY PAUL REVERE Clearwater Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityCourtesy of the Honourable A. T. Clearwater, Kingston-on-Hudson SILVER; DOMESTIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL 125 From this minute description of the purpose andmanner of using each of the sundry tools in the silver-smiths outfit one may form an accurate idea of theprocesses followed in manufacturing the silverware ofColonia
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . TOP AND BOTTOM OF PATCH BOX, EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, UN-MARKED. TOP OF PATCH BOX BY JOHN WINDOVER, 1694-1726, MARKEDI W (IN OVAL). TEAPOT AND STAND BY PAUL REVERE Clearwater Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityCourtesy of the Honourable A. T. Clearwater, Kingston-on-Hudson SILVER; DOMESTIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL 125 From this minute description of the purpose andmanner of using each of the sundry tools in the silver-smiths outfit one may form an accurate idea of theprocesses followed in manufacturing the silverware ofColonial days. Briefly epitomised, one may say thatthe processes engaged in included rolling the metal intothin sheets and beating it into,the required shapes uponanvils; mounting these articles, when shaped, uponpitch or cement and applying decorative patterns withpunches or else chasing the surface; casting in mouldsand finishing by filing or chasing or, in the case of cir-cular objects, on a lathe; at a later period spinninghollow-ware over a rapidly rev
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