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 203
FiG. 131, wire (fig. 132). Make a little pit in apiece of charcoal large enough to takethe gold or silver you wish to melt, tie ^95 Casting the charcoal to the top of the mold, sothat the pit comes opposite the channelor pour. Make another channel fromthe hollow in the charcoal to the channelin the… … so that the metal runs in. Let it cool,and the task is complete. Casting in Sand.—For this work youwill need a pair of casting flasks, finecasting sand or loam, some black leadand French chalk in powder, and a mus-lin bag full of pea-flour to dust over thepatterns and the surfaces of the…
Silverwork · Jewelry
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