Show aye of St yc 1 a I na 1 P uy i s S I k kt t v a aI I 2 G Gk k it Git aS t w r rp NY r p I t a t t say r rf rh rV rY f e h V Y h hP 1 P An Silversmiths Silversmith's ShOD 1 1 Illy by 2 Geographic SocIety Sal logton D c- c w C-w NU Service story of sIh sIver er Is 5 n a very ery old olde e For ages It has been pop tp r rt among coin and ornament orn leers kers yet vet today Its name ii n the ne news nes s headlines to an Cr il dater lter extent than that of Its DI metal gold goldis is II costly than gold or platinum r In the hands of cle er t itral silver s every eer day uses 1 I on n lint ery very one IS born pith a Sll silver er his mouth Set Jet the spoon poon in roa rm Is almost as old as man EX cast ast as one Witty Frenchman A as oM old lS as soup Greeh example mple lD in the British 1 Jl has bas n a stem ending In a goat goats s t speaks of spoons whose hose t were shaped like spikes to std e a eggs The lIle famous Apostle tu rii I usually in sets of 13 the addi addine j ne e wIth the figure of Christ ce popular gIftS to a new born ode ade In 16 1040 Its handle an 11 tr f St St Peter one such spoon Is at Wan S In New ew r sand and forks came much later r e head bead of the family should it t able able may leave hae come from v t that In old days men cal carried ried or defense Forks were not y used tIll the earI early cenen cen d dy en Italian started the ER theER RD d t though some thought t It binate gradually spread to other I k SIr SIr- SIrs s The novelist James tin tD rote of the culture of the sit sll school school without theIr affects he be L Ly tJ 1 of flow eople Should neha Behave eft gh gives es esIde idea Ide to correct table manners manner nICe nife Is to be kept hept clean and Eat sour our broth with a spoon It it lou lOll file ate not to leave e leaver r on In your dish nor dip your j the salt Lie ellefs cling cUng to some silver er art arti alays mal make e a betrothal cup It with sIt th betel etel pepper leaf t f by a man to the gIrl he wishes fe If she Is agreeable she ac- ac ace ace 3 e cup and eats some of the thes S also o use a sliver er bo box round rin n apple for ceremonies at the Ping of lIttle bo boys s heads beads and Sometimes thIs bo box ht to a weddin when hen a lock p rides ride's hair Is buried in It under tree for good luck d Uses of Sliver Silver Articles Li 1st Russia the er of n a nood In the center of the room hi silver er bratina or drinking d then to pro prove 41 his sincerity k kt t upside down do n over his head I 1 ne s of the tsars plate In thIs collection as asS S English Ine w hue cistern w elgh ounces with a bathtub an- an ca How this vessel essel raffled oJ off in inen inen O en funds were sought for n a nver aLi Li ver the Thames finally came me si camesi wInter palace at Petrograd has bas long been a m my s sona ann ona Spain used to present 7 ting lUng member of royalty with a eat ent sliver silver sen service ice remindful lIar courtesy sometimes ex- ex exy exy y one of our on 0 n states when ship has been named In Its O r ining tables table of the rIch from to the cen ships originally designed is the the knives and Dl napkins and andes 0 es the wIne made striking feces In oledo Spain Is one ones s which belonged to the ther i r of Isabella and ese shIps were called As early Italy records a silver nef on ona ona a foreshadow of the popular and Dutch models of later d dand i the conquest ot of Mexico and 1 liver Ilver flooded the markets of Spain One visitor 1 capital In the Sixteenth al observed Utensils of corn com tal are not employed here on oni oni i i of sliver silver or of ware Upon t 4 n 1 the death of the Duke of Albuquerque sly weeks vv ere needed to mal make e en tort of his gold old and silver sen services Really lly a century before the TIe tion pIoneer New were bus at theIr benches Among this group was William Moulton of e bur port Mass Pieces designed by bv him are among silver treasures shown lD in the Metropolitan Museum of Art In l ew York Once Ne rang with the sound of hammer and saw and ships built there carried Colonial wares to the ends of the earth bringing back COlDS coins winch Its melted for use in their art This was known as coin silo sih er Itinerant artisans worked even Into our Far West untIl well past the making es forks and spoons from silver er dollars Colonial Silversmiths port however Is unique for Its continuity in since 1600 One family the made ster- ster sterling ling Ung through six generations the fourth being competitors of Paul Revere When the last of the laid do down don n his tools some years before our CivIl war art artan an apprentice Anthony Towle was among those ho carried on the anCient traditions of the craft and today the pioneer factory bears his name Colonial slI e silversmiths flourished In spIte of such PurItan sentiments as John Adams expressed in a letter to his hs nife Ife If If I had power I would for for- forever forever ever banish from America all gold silver er silk velvet civet and lace In Boston before 1500 O more than thanH H O names of silversmiths are record recorded ed cd and its rich rith merchants bought much costly silverware British officers stationed In l ew York before the Rev Rev- Revolution were ere astonished at the wealth of silver er used lD in fashIOnable homes there Our own on Navajo IndIans are arc good silversmiths Using merely a forge and hand bellows with ith n a small anvil and other simple tools they male make buttons beads br bracelets rings crosses bridle mountings and buckles as nath e works as a concession to American demand the they add miniature canteens stich stickpins pins hat bands l knives nIVes forks and spoons In such studios as that of Gorham s sin sin in Pro Providence designers create an amazing variety of slIver silver prize cups and trophies often In the form of horses craft or athletes In Inaction inaction action Wallace International and others are also I 1 for artistic creations in this field Silver In Olden Times Sih er jewelry was not new when wives es of the Pharaohs dressed up Helen of used a burnished silver mirror to admIre the face that launched a thousand ships When Cleo- Cleo Cleopatra patra flirted with Marl Mark Antony on the NIle gleaming silver er oars splashed In the Silt Sih er jewelry Is worn In the Orient to guard against evil Charms made from coma coffin nails covered with slIver silver are common in parts of ChIna In India a peasant father may mort- mort mortgage mortgage gage his whole future to deck a mar mar- ble daughter with sliver silver Wealthy Indian women carry many pounds of this jewelry at one time and tinkle le liked belled belied cows as ab they wall walk walkIn In Spain gold and silver were reserved for the ruling cless whose pa passion SlOn for show led to fabulous decoration Then the Moors came with i greedy hands for the treasure After the battle of the thc ill Muslim vIctors stripping st the gothic dead identified the nobles by golden rIngs upon theIr fingers and those of les less exalted rank by their sU sll sUver ver rings Serenely Indifferent to the Koran's ban on gOld and silver er ornamentation the Moors embellished e everything from dress to furniture and d e even een en trap plugs pings for horses hores and mules Similarly modern South AmerIcan cattle barons use bits and brIdles of pure silver as aswell aswell well as cruel sharp edged stirrups bids his horse to dig for him a grave said one writer describing Turkish scenes with oil er plated hoofs |