Colonial Silversmith: His Techniques and His Products

By Henry J. Kauffman

Book Overview

In Colonial America, silversmiths produced objects of great merit, crafting everyday articles with care and skill. The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith. Henry J. Kauffman fills the gap with this study. He describes the tools and the methods used by these colonial artisans in fashioning the wide variety of silver objects that today are so highly prized. Photographs of the finished products, together with detailed illustrations of the step-by-step fabrication of individual objects, supplement the text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879335654
• ISBN13: 9781879335653
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Astragal Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic subject

I am a nerd of sorts and this book is full of information about the early colonies. But it is information you don't hear from history text books. Such as in the case of Paul Revere. Paul Revere the midnight rider was a silversmith, however his father is also named Paul Revere. The father PR was apprenticed to the greatest colonial silversmith John Coney. This book is a MUST if you are going into gold or silversmithing. The book gives unmachined directions that are absolutely facinating. After reading this you will step back and be in awe of the colonial silversmiths.