Metalwork and Enamelling: A Practical Treatise on Gold and Silversmiths' Work and Their Allied CraftsAll those concerned with goldsmithing, silversmithing, rare metal objects, or metal scientific instruments, or their repair or restoration will be delighted to find this bible of their craft available again in a new edition. And those interested in such work as one of the most rewarding of all avocational arts can hardly find a better guide. For this is the professional's handbook ? the standard text on the subject. |
Contents
MATERIALS AND TOOLS | 1 |
SOLDERING | 5 |
SOLDERING continued | 17 |
SOLDERING continued | 27 |
SOLDERING continued | 35 |
FILIGREE AND OTHER SMALL WORK | 41 |
FILIGREE continued | 53 |
THE SETTING OF STONES | 63 |
ENAMELLING continued | 175 |
ENAMELLING continued | 182 |
ENAMELLING continued | 184 |
ENAMELLING continued | 186 |
ENAMELLING continued | 190 |
ENAMELLING continued | 192 |
METAL CASTING | 200 |
METAL CASTING continued | 216 |
THE SETTING OF STONES continued | 70 |
THE SETTING OF STONES continued | 80 |
RAISING AND SHAPING | 87 |
SPINNING | 104 |
REPOUSSÉ WORK | 113 |
REPOUSSÉ WORK continued | 123 |
MOULDINGS | 127 |
TWISTED WIRES | 135 |
HINGES AND JOINTS | 140 |
METAL INLAYING AND OVERLAYING | 148 |
NIELLO | 161 |
JAPANESE ALLOYS AND STRATIFIED FABRICS | 166 |
ENAMELLING | 169 |
METAL CASTING continued | 219 |
METAL CASTING continued | 228 |
METAL CASTING continued | 233 |
CONSTRUCTION | 237 |
SETTING OUT | 245 |
POLISHING AND COLOURING | 256 |
THE MAKING AND SHARPENING OF TOOLS | 267 |
DESIGN | 274 |
BENVENUTO CELLINI | 285 |
ASSAYING AND HALLMARKING | 287 |
VARIOUS TABLES AND STANDARDS | 294 |
GAUGES | 309 |