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 186
face upward. Repeat the burnishing Gold Neck-process with another piece of gold, cut l^^e withaway the surplus metal from the outside Pe^^^with the shears, and file up the edgesuntil the two fit perfectly together (seefig. 115), and boil them out. You will … Fig. 117. now need to strengthen the two halves ofthe ornament, so that they may not getcrushed out of shape after being fastenedtogether. Take snippings of silver orshort lengths of silver wire curved to fitthe hollows at the back of each half, and 179 Gold Neck- solder them in place with panels…
Silverwork · Jewelry
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