Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths (1910)
stated, the method of working; is this. Sufficient silver istaken to make the intended article. It is melted in a small clay crucible,on a sort of fort^e, the blast being obtained by a piston bellows, andcharcoal being used as fuel. An ingot is then cast. This is beaten out … PUNCHES, used by Malay Silversmiths at Labnan, with the Impressions they make. No. II is of Giinmetal, the others appear to be of Steel, except No. 12, which seems to be of Iron. Length of No. S: 6gmni. (25I in.) Length of No. 13: 51 mm. (iin.) Bankfield Museum. Part of the Ornamentation of a Brass…
Silverwork · Art objects, Asian
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