Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson (1903)
Wilson, H · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 142
n L. The last piece helps to makethe spring of the pin. The flat end ofthe pin catchesagainst this; thepin being bentdown under thecatch is held inplace by the elas-ticity of the metal (fig. 74). Pins • ^^^ made of 9-carat gold are very much betterthan silver pins, they are harder, and have more… … Brooches back the stoLe with a piece of white foilto give it greater brilliancy. Another wayof setting stones in the background ofany panel is to beat out a hollow fromthe back into which the stone exactly fits.You will then pierce out all of this excepta narrow piece just sufficient to retainthe…
Silverwork · Jewelry
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