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Chats on old pewter (1911)

Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 290

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r-platze, or Seder-schiisseln, used cere-monially by the Jews at Passover time, the Hebrewlettering, which might in itself be so grandly decora-tive, is often marred by the thick strokes of the lettersbeing broken in two and separated by a dot. Mention must be made here of the pewter calledby the… … CHRISMATORY. 2S7 THE DECORATION OF PEWTER 289 has a unique collection, and his book has excellentreproductions of the best-known specimens. Briots original Temperantia salver and the ewercontain some very beautiful sculpture, but work moresuited for a goldsmith than a pewterer. The salverseems to…

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