Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 146
are still to be seen in the church of St. Giovanniin that city. He made chiefly pixes, and other articles of plate belonging tothe service of the church. The designs were scratched on the surface of thesilver, in the manner of pen-and-ink drawings. The niello is said to havebeen composed of a… … fire; the melted niello, in cooling, attached itself firmly to the rough parts ofthe engraved silver ; when cold it was rubbed smooth with a pumice stone, theniello in the engraved lines was all that remained, and the whole was thenpolished with the hand, or with leather. As no alteration could be…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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