. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. e the surface,and after picking away the scale of oxid,polish it with putty on a soft buff. Makea frame and a setting for it out of 20 or22-carat gold—the frame would be a pieceof flat wire or a strip of No. 7 gage bentround flatwise into a flat ring and this you will fix the thin band, sizeNo. 3 or 4, to fit the enamel panel. Inthe angle between the edge of the flat ringand the upright face of the setting youmay solder a row of small grains alter-nately with lengths of plain wire thus or double
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. e the surface,and after picking away the scale of oxid,polish it with putty on a soft buff. Makea frame and a setting for it out of 20 or22-carat gold—the frame would be a pieceof flat wire or a strip of No. 7 gage bentround flatwise into a flat ring and this you will fix the thin band, sizeNo. 3 or 4, to fit the enamel panel. Inthe angle between the edge of the flat ringand the upright face of the setting youmay solder a row of small grains alter-nately with lengths of plain wire thus or double rows of right and left hand twistin short lengths, with small half-domesof thin gold soldered on at intervals. Thecatch and joint can now be made of 18-carat gold, and a pin out of 9-carat the frame and pin have been polished,the enamel center can be set and the edgeburnished over evenly all round. It is quite possible to solder the ringwhich takes the joint and catch on theback of the brooch before the cloisons aresoldered on. The joints and the soldered 207 EnamelWork. Fig. 134. 208 rim are protected from the heat by whiten- Enameling or loam; the whole thing is then put Workin the furnace. Great care, however, isneeded lest the joint or catch should dropoff in the muffle. The latter way is thesimpler looking, and the possibility of animperfect setting is avoided. The broochcan also be made in fine silver, but if thelast-named method is used for the catchit must be soldered with i8-carat goldsolder; silver solder eats holes in themetal when heated in the muffle. Champleve Enamel—How to Make aBuckle in Enamel.—Take a piece of finesilver, size 15, and mark out upon it thesize of the buckle. Dome the centerslightly, and make a flattened borderround the dome (fig. 134). The patternyou devise had better be a simple one forthe first attempt. That given above youwill probably find fairly simple to cut andyet elaborate enough to give you plenty ofopportunity for arra
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