Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths (1910)
ised block ofclay, pierced with a hole forming the tuyere. In front of this latter is adepression to hold the charcoal fuel. On the left-hand side is a pistonbellows formed out of a solid piece of wood. It has an inlet valve ateach end, and there are air passages in the projecting piece on the… … In the above illustration, trom a photograph supplied to me byDr. Hose, are to be seen three Malay silversmiths at work in Brunei.The one in the centre is making a belt buckle, which can be clearlydistinguished on the pad of black gum-resin, and he holds a punch inone hand and a hammer in the…
Silverwork · Art objects, Asian
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