In Colonial America, silversmiths produced objects of great merit, crafting everyday articles with care and skill. The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith. Henry J. Kauffman fills the gap with this study. He describes the tools and the methods used by these colonial artisans in fashioning the wide variety of silver objects that today are so highly prized. Photographs of the finished products, together with detailed ...
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In Colonial America, silversmiths produced objects of great merit, crafting everyday articles with care and skill. The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith. Henry J. Kauffman fills the gap with this study. He describes the tools and the methods used by these colonial artisans in fashioning the wide variety of silver objects that today are so highly prized. Photographs of the finished products, together with detailed illustrations of the step-by-step fabrication of individual objects, supplement the text.
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Good in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. 176 p. illus. (part col. ) 27 cm. Includes Illustrations. Clean pages. Tight binding. Very clean boards. Dust jacket creased and torn at bottom of spine. Library number on spine. No library pocket. Book itself in very good physical condition.
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Near Very Good in Near Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 176 pp. There is a small dent at the base of the front cover. The binding i tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is scuffed at the head and foot of the spine.
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