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 248
osely roundit with the finger. Whencool, the stone can bepressed against the wheeland shaped to whateverform you please. A finesurface can be given on awheel of finer grain andthe stone polished on aleather buff with fineemery and water, finish-ing up on another buffwith putty powder andwater. If… … Fig. 155. Shaping and kneaded into melted suet until the re-Cutting quired consistency is obtained.Precious Stones can be slit by using a bow madeStones ^^^ ^^ ^ tapered rod of ash about 2 feetlong strung with iron wire. The wireis fastened 4 inches away from the butt,so that the latter may be used…
Silverwork · Jewelry
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