Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 288
mple type, so simple, infact, that it gives rise to the idea that the engraverwould not be able to engrave on any metal harderthan pewter. There is no freedom of line anywhere.The letters, both capitals and small, are broken upinto their simplest elements. What can be done with 1 Now in the… … BRESLAU FLAGON.{Block kindly lent by the Royal Society of Arts.) strokes meet, but do not join as they should, littlecorrective touches are inserted afterwards. The cutsare generally shallow and V-shaped in section, and 286 CHATS ON OLD PEWTER what with rough usage and still rougher cleaning…
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