Silverwork and jewelry : a text-book for students and workers in metal (1912)
Wilson, H, Bisei, Unno · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 142
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 /r \ r>* *IG- 73A« (fig. 74). Pins /5 made of 9-carat gold are very much betterthan silver pins, they are harder, and have… … Brooches back the stone 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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