Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 240
e exhibitions had much to do withour present knowledge of and interest in this subject.The process of manufacture, which is described indetail by Mr. Halsey in a footnote in the BostonMuseum catalogue, consisted, briefly, in casting themetal in sheets thinner than an ingot, and fashioningthe… … 5> 3_opq O 3 3 C o <uo* ■^ 0) II Sw OTHER AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS done with the hammer. Handles, etc., were cast inpewter, lead, or sand molds and finished by handtools. Engraving was the principal form of decora-tion relied on, with some repousse work. Duringthe last half of the eighteenth…
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