| Show e y t Tv a art e j 9 w t fA 9 k C C J Jrr rr P sS s'S t t ya 51 6 T- T Ti Tt dt ar 9 T t o u ui i J Jb b 1 1 m i w t tv v 19 An Afghan Silversmiths Silversmith's Shop by OCO society Washington D I C wu C Service f B HE story of or silver Is a very I TilD U old one I 1 or ages It has been beenu u popular among coin and orna ornament ornament ornament ment makers maker yet iet et today Its name flares In the news headlines to an even greater grealer extent than that of or Its fellow precious metal gold Less costly than gold or platInum plat pInt laum almost plastic In the hands or of closer clever cle er silversmiths silvers cr s everyday every everyday day uses are legion Not hot c every emery cry one Is born with a II sll vcr ver spoon In his mouth yet et the spoon In some form Is almost as old as man or at least as one witty I 1 said certainly as old as soup One Greek Greel example ample In the British museum has a stem steam ending In a aI I goat goats s hoof hoot Pliny speaks of spoons whose hose handles were ere shaped like me spikes to perforate eggs The famous fa famous famous Apostle spoons usually In Insets insets insets sets of or 13 the additional one ODe with the figure of or Christ were once popular gifts to a new ne born child Made In 1040 1010 Its handle an Image or of St I 1 eter one such spoon is on slew now at s In Ine ew e York Knives es and forks cime much later That the head of or the time hm lIy ily should calve ve at table may ha hame e come from the time fact tact that thit In old da Jays s men carried knives for defense I were not generally used un until until tit til the early Sixteenth century when hen Italian Hallan nobility started the fashion 1 the he practice though some thought It effeminate gradually spread to other countries The English nov novelist James Payne Pa no wrote rote of or the culture of the silver er fork school without their affectation The L tyl I Leporte of or How flow loung Peo pie Should Behave e gl gives s these I guides to correct table manners lour Your knife Is to be kept clean and sharp Fit your broth with aI a I spoon not sip It You are notto not notto I Ito to leave your spoon In your dish nor dip your lour our meat In la the salt Old beliefs cling to some silver articles Malays 1 s make male i 1 betrothal cup It Is filled with Ith betel pepper leif leaf and sent by a man manto manto manto to the girl he wishes as a wife If slue she Is agreeable she site accepts the cup an and eats some of or the leaf lear Malays Mala s also u use e a sliver silver box bor rounded like an apple for cere core ceremonies ceremonies monies at the first shaving of or little boys heads beads and at ear Sometimes this box bos Is brought to toa toa toa a wedding when hen a lock loch of or the brides s shair hair Is buried burled in It under a banana tic for tor good luck Odd Uses of Sliver Silver Articles In tsarist Russia the or of ora ofa ofa a toast stood In the center cementer of or the room drained his slIver silver or drinking cup and then to pro prose proe e Iris his sincerity turned It upside down 0 omen er his head I The sumptuousness ot of tho the tsars plate was prom pro 1 In this collection was as a famous rug wine cistern weighing 8 ounces with a bathtub capacity How this vessel messel raffled off In 1735 when hen rund funds were sought for a n bridge 0 omen er the Thames finally came to the winter palace at Petrograd now v novI I Ins his long been a mys mystery mystery tery Barcelona Spain used to present each visiting member of or royalty with a magnificent silver remindful of or a similar courtesy sometimes tended extended by one of or our states when hen a new ship has been aimed In Its honor On dining tables of the rich from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth centuries silver sliver ships originally de desIgned designed designed sIgned to hold the huh knives es and nap nap- napkins napkins napkins kins and sometimes the tho wine mide striking center pieces In Toledo Spain Is one such vessel which be belonged be- be belonged longed to the daughter of or Isibella Is and Ferdinand these ships were ere called As early as 1392 1302 13 2 Italy records n a silver er net on wheels a for foreshadow V of the popular German and Dutch models of or later Inter years After Arter the conquest of or Mexico and Peru silver liver flooded the markets of or Europe Spain One vis mis- visitor Is- Is to the Spanish capital In the Sixteenth century observed cd of or common metal are not em employed plo ed here only those of or er eror or of or ware are Upon the death or of the time Duke Duha of or Albuquerque six weeks were needed to make Inventory Inventory tory of his gold and silver slIver servIces servIces services Ices I learly a century before the time He 0 pioneer ew 1 England shier silversmiths smiths were busy at their benches Among this group w s is rs W Moul Moulton Moulton Moulton ton of or le bur port Mass Pieces designed by him are among silver sll treasures shown In th the Metropolitan Museum of or Art In lew York Once rang with the sound of hemmer and saw V and ships built there Colonial wares to the ends of the earth bringIng back bach coins which Its Ils silversmiths melted for Cor u use e In their art Tins This was known as coin coin silver er Hiner ant artisans worked e even en Into our mar West cst until well en past the malting e forks and spoons from silver dollars Colonial Silversmiths port however ho e eer er Is unique for Its continuity in since 1690 One family the made sterling through six genera generations the fourth being competitors or of Paul ne Revere ere W hen lien tine the last of the laId do down don n his tools some years be beCore before before fore Core our Cn Civil II war an apprentice Anthony Towle Towie was as among those wire ho carried on tI tl e a ancient trade Lions of the craft and today the pIoneer factory bears his name Colonial silversmiths flourished In spite of such Puritan sentIments as John Adams e expressed res ed In a II let letter letter letter ter to his wife If It If I had power I would forever banish from AmerIca all gold gohl silver slIver silk velvet and lace In Boston before 1800 more tHan names of ot silversmiths are recorded and Its rich merchants bought much costly silverware BritIsh Brit stationed In r ew ew lork before the Revolution Resolution He were astonIshed aston shed at the wealth of or silver er used In fashionable homes there Our own o Navajo Indians ns are good Using merely a forge and hand bello bellows s with a n small an vii and other simple tools they make mabe buttons Leads bracelets rings cros crosses es bridle mountings and buckles as IS native works as a II con conce concession concession ce cession slon to American demand demind they add miniature canteens stIckpins hat bands knives forks and spoons In such studios as that of Gor Gorham ham hams s In Pro Providence designers cre cre- create create create ate an amazing variety of or sIlver price cups and trophies often otten In Inthe Inthe Inthe the form of horses sailing craft or athletes In action Tiffany Wal Wallace Wallace Wallace lace International and others are also known for tor artistic creations Inthis In InthIs inthis thIs field Sliver Silver In Olden Times Silver jewelry was not new when wh wises es of ot the Pharaohs dressed up Helen of Troy used a II burnished sn sll yen ver mirror to admire the face that laUnched a thousand ships When hen Cleopatra flirted with Ith Mark on the Nile gleaming silver er oars splashed softly soIlly In the moonlight Silver Sliver je jewelry elry Is worn In the tho Ont Orl ent to guard against evil Charms undo from collIn coffin nails CO covered cornered ered with are common In pints p or of China In India a peasant nt fatter father may ge his whole future to deck decka a marriageable daughter with all sll ser Or Wealthy Indian women omen carry pounds of or this jewelry at one onetime onetime onetime time and ond tinkle like belled belied cows as they walkIn walk walkIn In Spain gold and sll 1511 vcr ver were ere reserved resen ed for tor the ruling class whose who o passion for tor show led to fabulous decoration Then the Moors came with greedy hands forthe for forthe forthe the treasure After Arter the tho battle bittle or of orthe the Mus Muslim ru victors stripping the dead tied fled the nobles by golden rings upon their fingers and those of or less IJ exalted culled rank by their lver er rugs |
