Silverwork and Jewelry: A text-book for students and workers in metal

CHAPTER VII Hammer Work--How to make a Cup--Bossing up --The Stakes--Planishing--How to make a Beaker--Snarling-Irons--Ornamentation--Basefor a Cup--Soldering the Base in Position--Polishing--Another Method for Beakers--The Use of a Sand-bag--Interlocking Joints for Hammer Work--Drinking Cup with

CHAPTER VIII Candlesticks--The Socket--The Shaft--The Scorer --The Knop--The Base--Fitting Together-Polishing--A Simpler Form of Candlestick

CHAPTER IX Spoons--The Shape of the Bowl--The Stem--The Handle or Thumbpiece--Joining the Bowl and Handle--Second Method of Making a Spoon--Third Method--Boxwood Punches--The Lead Matrix--Ingots for Handles

CHAPTER X Silver Solder--Use of Scrap Silver--The Crucible--The Ingot Mold--Enameling Solder--Solders for Large Work--How to Make Ingot Molds

CHAPTER XI Soldering--Use of Borax--The Blowpipe--Soldering Lamps

CHAPTER XII Settings--The Kinds of Stones to use--Close Settings --Setting the Stone--Open Settings--Paved Settings

CHAPTER XIII Rings--Hoop Rings--Making Compound Wire--The Knot Ring--Polishing--The Wreath--The Filigree Table Ring--Another Form--The Carved Ring--The Design of Rings

CHAPTER XIV Necklaces--How Designed--The Arrangement of Stones-- Chain-making-- Filigree Mounts forPearls--Backing the Pearls--Woven Links--The Snap--Polishing--Another Form of Necklace What to Study--How to Use your Studies Pendants--Suggestions for Design--Loop for the Pendant--Cleaning and Poli

CHAPTER XV Brooches--Suggestions for Design--Mounting--The Making of Compound Twists--The Joint and Catch

CHAPTER XVI Pendants--Things to be Avoided--Suggestions for Design--The Use of Enamel--Setting the Enamel --The Hoop for the Pendant--Polishing

CHAPTER XVII Hair Ornaments and Combs--Silver Hairpin--The Skeleton Sphere--Hardening the Pin--A Comb inSilver--How to make the Prongs--The Joint--The Head of the Comb--Arranging the Stones The Groups of Leaves--The Pin for the Hinge--Setting the Pearls--How to Drill Pearls

CHAPTER XVIII Bracelets--The Hammered Bracelet--The Hinge Bracelet--The Band--The Snap--The Hinge --Fitting the Joints--The Flexible Bracelet--Cleaning and Burnishing

CHAPTER XIX Gold Work--The Care of the Material--Board Sweep--Method of Treatment--Alloys--Hair Ornaments--The Ingot--Drawing the Wire--Making Grains--Leaves--Flowers--Gold Solder--Nine- Carat Gold for the Pin--Study of Old Work

CHAPTER XX Gold Necklace with Pendant Fleurs de Lis--The Brass Mold--Burnishing the Gold over the Matrix--Another Method of Making Fleurs de Lis--Engraved Matrices

CHAPTER XXI Locket or Pendant Casket--The Frame--The Bezel --The Hinge--The Back--Fitting the Hinge--The Joint Tool--Swivel Loops

CHAPTER XXII Carving in Metal--Where Carving is Necessary--Making the Tools--Tempering--The Wax Model--The Use of the Chisels--Finishing The Spiral Knop--The Wreathed Setting

CHAPTER XXIII Casting--The Cuttlefish Mold--Flasks--The Loam--Smoking the Mold--Slate or Bath-brick Molds

CHAPTER XXIV Enamel Work--General Considerations--Requisites --Cloisonne Work--Filling the Cells--Mounting the Enamel--Champleve' Enamel--The Tools--Use of Gold Solder--Limoges Enamel--Network Enamel--Setting the Enamel--Deep-cut Enamel

CHAPTER XXV Hinges for Casket--Drawing the Tube--The Mandrel--The Liner--The Joint Tool--Soldering the Joints--The Pin

CHAPTER XXVI Moldings--The Swage-Block--Filing the Grooves-Drawing the Metal

CHAPTER XXVII Polishing--Materials Required--Polishing Silver Work --A Simpler Method--Burnishing--Polishing Gold Work--Care of Polishing Waste--Cleanliness of Tools

CHAPTER XXVIII Coloring, Darkening, or Oxidizing Silver and GoldWork--Materials Required--Darkening Gold--Coloring Copper

CHAPTER XXIX Methods of Gilding--Mercury Gilding

CHAPTER XXX A Method of Shaping and Cutting the Softer Precious Stones--The Stones most easily Cut--The Cements Required--Drilling Stone--The Engraver's Lathe--Polishing

CHAPTER XXXI Piece-Molding--The Model--The Casting-Flasks --The Sand--Filling the Flasks--Making the Mold--The Charcoal--The False Cores--The Back Mold--The Core of the Model--Arranging the Gates--Drying the Mold

CHAPTER XXXII Casting by Waste-Wax Process--The Wax Model--The Sand--Casting the Mold--Bedding the Mold in the Flasks--Casting without Flasks Hollow Castings--A Third Method of Casting

CHAPTER XXXIII On Old Work and Old Methods

CHAPTER XXXIV To beat up a Vase out of a Sheet of Metal

CHAPTER XXXV To make a Card Case

CHAPTER XXXVI Notes on the Whetting and Use of Gravers and Scorpers

CHAPTER XXXVII Box-Making

CHAPTER XXXVIII Niello Work

CHAPTER XXXIX Japanese Methods--Incrustation and Inlay--Of Inlaying--Simple Inlay: Another Method

CHAPTER XL Raised Inlay

CHAPTER XLI Damascene Work

CHAPTER XLII Japanese Casting--How to Cast a Modeled Vase in Metal

CHAPTER XLIII A Method of Casting Natural Objects in any Metal

CHAPTER XLV Japanese Patinas and Metal Coloring-- Patina--Bronzing by the Boiling Process--The Smoking Process--The Painting Process--The Heating Process--Other Recipes and Coloring Methods for Bronze Work

CHAPTER XLVI Japanese Metal Working

CHAPTER XLVII Egyptian and Oriental Methods

CHAPTER XLVIII 1 On Design

COLLOTYPE PLATES

NOTES ON THE COLLOTYPE PLATES

PRACTICAL RECIPES

GLOSSARY

INDEX