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Colonial Silver - Handcrafted Silver

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The silversmith of yesterday had a much harder job than today’s silversmith. They did not have the luxury of silver sheets or wire, so these things were made in their shop by hand. They were required to have the skills of a sculptor because molds were basic shapes only, and they had no planishing hammers […]

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