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Silversmith Powerhouse. Although not the first hydro development established in Sandon, the Silversmith was the most technologically advance when it was installed in 1916. It supplied power to the Silversmith Mines and mill. The powerhouse was built in 1916 and the machinery used dates back to 1905, as it was secondhand at the time of installation from the City of Vernon. The powerhouse provided both electricity to the mill and compressed air and electricity to the underground workings of the mine. The plant draws water from Carpenter and Cody Creeks through a wooden penstock that has a vertical drop of 185 m (610 ft). The Silversmith Powerhouse is still in use today, and is the oldest continuing operating plant in Canada.
The Brewhouse at Sala Silvermine, Sala, Sweden.
The Brewhouse was a service building that belonged to the household of the mine residence. The house included a brewing room and a laundry room. 1970-1980 the house was in use as a café, now the house hosts the silversmith Nils-Börje.
Inside the Castle
New Silversmithing Museum
Kiousteki
The kiousteki , is a silver ornament with multiple chains , that men were hanging on the chest, during the liberation war of 1821 , against the Turks
Easy yet hard challenge when you love steampunk and your husband is a Silversmith with lots of machines and contraptions
Formally the Reliance Works of Pickering & Mayell Ltd, this property dates from 1826 and was originally constructed as a pair of houses with rear workshops. Pickering & Mayell was a jewellery-case-making works specialising in silver. Some of the early occupants were noted silversmiths, George Unite and Nathaniel Mills.
Erbaut wurde das Anwesen im Lechviertel als Wohnhaus und Werkstätte im 16. Jahrhundert. Von 1640 bis 1920 befand sich hier eine Silbrrschmiede, und 1977 wurd eine solche wieder eingerichtet, die bis heute besteht.
The property in the Lech Quarter was built as a residence and workshop in the 16th century. From 1640 to 1920 there was a silversmith's workshop here, and in 1977 one was re-established, which still exists today.
Das Lechviertel in der Augsburger Altstradt verdankt seinen Namen den drei Lechkanälen, die es durchziehen. Es sind der Vordere, der Mittlere und der Hintere Lech. Das Lechviertel war jahrhundertelang das Zentrum des Augsburger Handwerks. Für die vielen mittelalterlichen Handwerksbetriebe dienten die Kanäle der Wasser- und und Energieversorgung, denn mithilfe von Wasserrädern trieben sie ihre Maschinen antrieben. Bis zum Bau der Schwemmkanalisation im Jahr 1910 erfüllten die Kanäle auch die Aufgabe der Abwässerbeseitigung. Noch heute kann man vereinzelte historische Handwerksbetriebe besichtigen, allen voran die Alte Silberschmiede. Nach dem Verlust der Reichsfreiheit und der Eingliederung nach Bayern im Jahre 1806 wurde aus dem einstigen Handwerkszentrum ein Wohnviertel für arme Bürger. Die Häuser zerfielen, Unrat stapelte sich in den engen Gassen, Krankheiten breiteten sich aus. Auch nach dem Wiederaufbau, der der starken Zerstörung während des Zweiten Weltkriegs folgte, blieb das Lechviertel ein Stadtteil, der vornehmlich von sozial schwachen Augsburgern bewohnt wurde. Pläne des Stadtrates in den 1960er Jahren, das Lechviertel komplett abzureißen, um Platz für moderne Neubauten zu schaffen, wurden aufgrund des breiten Protestes der Augsburger Bevölkerung nicht umgesetzt.
Anfang der 1980er Jahre wurde begonnen, das Lechviertel umfassend zu sanieren. Den alten Gassen wurde ihre historische Kopfsteinpflasterung zurückgegeben, die nach dem Krieg mehrheitlich überdeckten Lechkanäle wurden wieder freigelegt. Viele mittelalterliche Handwerkerhäuser sind inzwischen begehrte Wohnadressen, in den verwinkelten Straßenzügen haben sich zahlreiche Boutiquen, Bars und Kneipen angesiedelt. Aus dem einstmals verrufenen Lechviertel ist eines der beliebtesten Stadtviertel sowohl für Touristen als auch für die Augsburger selbst geworden.
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The Lech district in Augsburg's Altstradt owes its name to the three canals fed by the river Lech that run through it. These are the Vordere, the Mittlere and the Hintere Lech. For centuries, the Lechviertel was the centre of Augsburg's craft industry. For the many medieval craft businesses, the canals served to supply water and energy, as they used water wheels to drive their machines. Until the construction of the alluvial canalisation system in 1910, the canals were also used to dispose of wastewater. You can still visit a few historic craft workshops today, most notably the old silversmith's workshop. After Augsburgs loss of imperial freedom and incorporation into Bavaria in 1806, the former centre of craftsmanship became a residential area for poor citizens. The houses crumbled, rubbish piled up in the narrow alleyways and disease spread. Even after the reconstruction that followed the heavy destruction during the Second World War, the Lechviertel remained a neighbourhood primarily inhabited by socially disadvantaged Augsburg residents. Plans by the city council in the 1960s to completely demolish the Lechviertel to make way for modern new buildings were not realised due to widespread protest from the Augsburg population. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Lechviertel was extensively renovated. The old alleyways were given back their historic cobblestone paving and the Lech canals, most of which had been covered over after the war, were uncovered again. Many medieval craftsmen's houses are now sought-after residential addresses, and numerous boutiques, bars and pubs have settled in the winding streets. The once disreputable Lech district has become one of the most popular neighbourhoods for tourists and locals alike.
This sterling silver hairbrush made in Birmingham in 1903 is just one piece out of a very substantial dressing table set that includes hairbrushes, mirrors, a looking glass, a tray, a comb, clothes brushes, perfume bottles, a glove hook, a perfume bottle opener, a boot hook, a shoe horn, a manicure set, powder pots, a needle case, an appointment book, a miniature Bible, a hair tidy, a hatpin container, an appointment book and even a letter opener, all of which belonged to one of my Great, Great Aunts. All of them feature elegant and ornate repoussé work of a very high standard. Each item depicts a beautiful Art Nouveau maiden in profile with long flowing tresses that twist and curl about her as she stands amid some sunflowers, plucking blooms. This style of design is typical of the curvilinear floral and female motifs so popular during the Art Nouveau period, epitomised by artists like Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt. As a child, I called the Art Nouveau lady on these pieces, Clytie, after the Greek mythological legend of Clytie the sea nymph who fell in love with Apollo and was transformed into a sunflower.
The theme for the 11th of December “Looking Close… on Friday” is “brush”. I thought this silver backed hairbrush made by the Birmingham silversmiths Levi and Salaman in 1903 was an elegant choice. I hope that you will agree. The hairbrush features a pad of boar bristles which were stiff enough to brush the thick and long hair grown by Edwardian women to form the ornate and stylish ‘transformations’ (hairstyles) of the first decade of the Twentieth Century.
This hairbrush is hallmarked with the initials “L.&S.” which are the initials for the silversmiths Levi and Salaman. Founded in 1870 by Phineas Harris Levi in partnership with Joseph Wolff Salaman the two men established a silversmiths firm. They later became proprietors of the Potosi Silver Company in 1878. The firm became Levi and Salaman in the early Twentieth Century and became Levi and Salaman Ltd. in 1910. In 1921 the firm was amalgamated into Barker Brothers Silversmiths Limited.
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Unique Chiang Mai temple, Wat Suphan, also known as the Silver Temple, with remarkable achitecture set is a beautiful garden and a silver wihan constructed and degorated internally and outside in beaten silver, crafted by the resident silversmith monks.
Muhammed was a silversmith working in the desert town of Agadez in Niger. We’d sometimes call in and my passengers used to admire and often buy the ‘Agadez crosses’ he used to make out of silver. He was a real artisan, seemed a gentle soul who welcomed us visitors travelling through.
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Agadez, Niger. 1974. © David Hill
St. John’s Anglican church was built in 1894 and is now the Silversmith brewery in Niagara on the lake, Canada
Denpasar has various attractions. The white sandy beaches are famous all over the island. Some of the famous surfing beaches are Kuta Beach, Legian Beach and Canggu Beach. Sanur beach has calmer waters and is excellent for sunbathing.
Ten minutes from the Ngurah Rai International Airport lies the town of Kuta. Kuta is where most of the hotels, restaurants, malls, cafes, marketplaces, and spas that cater to tourists are located. In the Denpasar area, all kinds of beautiful Balinese handicrafts are represented in local shops. These include artwork, pottery, textiles, and silver. Bali is a haven for shoppers everywhere.
The famous batik cloth is sold all over Denpasar. These bright sheets of cloth are as beautiful as they are cheap. Made of pure cotton with glorious patterns, Balinese batik is definitely a good buy. Sometimes batik cloth is made into wearable clothing such as a sarong or men's shirts. The jewelry district is in a town called Celuk which is 30 minutes away from Kuta. Here you will find rows and rows of silversmiths' and goldsmiths' shops selling jewellery at very low prices.
It has a population of 491,500 people and covers 47.9 sq miles. Its time zone is UTC+8.
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Jeweller shops opening on the Ponte Vecchio
In the 1400s, the bridge was populated by a lively throng of rowdy grocers, butchers and fishmongers, all activities that produced a lot of noise and unpleasant odours. In order to make the bridge cleaner and more elegant, Grand Duke Ferdinand I decided to evict the merchants and substitute them with goldsmiths and silversmiths. This was also because Florence was becoming the great centre of Renaissance culture that was to make it famous all over the world, and therefore, it was an obligatory destination for nobility and foreign visitors. This final change totally transformed Ponte Vecchio, with its characteristic wooden doorways and shop windows brimming with jewels and gold, into the bridge that we know today.
Most of the time when school is closed, children live in their parents' store.
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La plupart du temps, lorsque l'école est fermée, les enfants vivent dans le magasin de leurs parents.
Our third project was to study modern architecture and create a piece of silversmithing based on our found inspiration. I chose to base my work on a building in my home country, Finland. I was working with the lines of Kiasma, the museum of modern Art in Helsinki, that was created by architect Steven Holl.
The legs, the rosewood as well as the metal one rotate around the stem. Silver plated gilding metal.
The Alfred I. DuPont Building is a historic building in Miami, Florida. It is located at 169 East Flagler Street. Started in 1937 and completed in 1939, it is a 17-story rectangular building in the Modern style with Art Deco embellishments. It was the first skyscraper built after the County courthouse and the bust of 1928. Thus, it represents Miami's emergence from the great depression. It replaced the Halcyon Hotel on this site. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Alfred I. DuPont was the owner of the Florida National Bank, the principal tenant of the building. Major tenants in 2023 are Bench jewelers who use a combination of skills to make and repair jewelry. Some of the more common skills that a bench jeweler might employ include antique restoration, silversmithing, goldsmithing, stone setting, engraving, fabrication, wax carving, lost-wax casting, electroplating, forging, & polishing, manufactures & wholesale watches for Rolex & Richard Mille. The other major building in Miami is the Seybold Building for jewelry, diamonds and fine watches.
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piece in process
aretes inspirados en hojas piñanona
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diseñados y calados manualmente por mí
próximos a ser limados, lijados y pulidos
The workshop is the last operating remnant of the Guild of Handicraft which C.R. Ashbee established in 1888. George Hart was a silversmith with the Guild when it moved to Chipping Campden in 1902. From 1912 he took on the running of the workshop, joined in 1930 by his son Henry. This tradition is now carried on by his grandson David Hart along with Derek Elliott, and William and Julian Hart.
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today however, we have followed Lettice from her home to just a short distance away. Still in Mayfair, she is visiting Asprey* in Bond Street: jewellers to the royal family, silversmiths and goldsmiths and suppliers of luxury goods. With Dickie Channon and Margot de Virre’s engagement announced, Lettice is charged with finding a wedding gift not only of her own, but for her parents to send to the home of Margot’s parents. Leaving the busy shopping strip populated by suited men on their way to their offices and clubs and smartly dressed ladies enjoying a day of shopping, Lettice slips in through the beautiful full length glass doors of Asprey’s into the cossetted comfort of the light filled luxury shop. Leaving the bustle of London behind her with the quiet click of the doors closing, she breathes in the gentle waft of expensive perfume and leather.
“Ah! Miss Chetwynd!” a mature frock coated shop walker greets Lettice with a broad smile. “How do you do.”
Lettice greets the stout, smartly dressed man with the familiarity of the regular client that she is. “How do you do, Crosbie,” she addresses him as she does her family butler.
“And to what do we owe this great pleasure of your visit, Miss Chetwynd?” Mr. Crosbie asks obsequiously, clasping his glove clad hands together behind his back. “A finishing touch for one of your latest interiors, perhaps? I have some lovely silver tea services just in from our silversmiths.”
Lettice looks distractedly around the beautiful mahogany display cabinets filled with leather dressing cases and travel de necessaires, candelabras, coffee and tea services.
“Not today, Crosbie,” she flashes him one of her winning smiles, not fooled for a moment by the portly floor walker’s flattery and toady behaviour.
Lettice knows that when she walks into Asprey’s that she is a valued customer because of how much money she spends there and how much influence she has on others who also patronise the shop. Her mind slips back to her first visit to Asprey as a teenager before the war, when she accompanied her mother who was looking to buy some new jewellery for a court levee. The frock coated staff fawned over Viscountess Wrexham and her daughter noticed for the first time the deference paid not only to her mother, but to her as well as a member of a family held in such high esteem and a future patron of the shop.
“A new travel de necessaire for your next country house soirée, perhaps?” Mr. Crosbie asks attentively. “Or maybe some new pearls for the Season?”
“No, nothing like that today, Crosbie,” Lettice replies.
“Please,” Mr. Crosbie indicates with a sweeping gesture to a small mahogany Queen Anne style table decorated with a white vase filled with fragrant rose blooms, flanked by two dainty velvet seated salon chairs. “Some tea perhaps, Miss Chetwynd?”
“Oh Crosbie,” she sighs, sinking into one of the chairs, crossing her legs elegantly and propping her black handled green parasol against her thigh. “You are a brick!”
The older manager looks over and catches the eye of a junior member of staff to whom he nods almost imperceptibly. The younger man quietly slips away from behind a counter of silver salvers and trays and disappears into the back of the showroom.
“Then,” Mr. Crosbie asks, taking his place adjunct to Lettice. “What is your pleasure today, Miss Chetwynd?”
Lettice’s eyes the glittering shelves again. Champagne buckets, strawberry dishes, biscuit barrels, lidded chafing dishes, trophies and meat covers all polished to a gleaming sheen wink and glow against their mahogany housings or in glass display cases, under the morning light from the street outside and diffused light from crystal chandeliers overhead.
“Well, you would no doubt have read in The Times that my friends Margot de Virre and Richard Channon have recently become engaged.”
Crosbie’s gleaming brown eyes lift towards the ceiling and his mouth falls open ever so slightly as he considers the names of all the newly engaged couples of note announced in the London newspapers. “The Marquess of Taunton’s son and Lord de Virre’s daughter,” he remarks thoughtfully. “Yes, I did see that. Ah!”
The younger shop walker arrives with a silver tray laden with a sleek teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, a cup and saucer and a selection of biscuits on a plate. He carefully places the tray on the table, next to Lettice’s crocodile skin handbag. Mr. Crosbie nods ever so slightly at the younger man and he retreats, walking quietly back across the carpeted floor.
“So, you see my dilemma Crosbie,” Lettice says. “I need a wedding gift.”
“Well, Miss Chetwynd,” the older man says in an assuring tone. “You aren’t the first person to visit Asprey to purchase a wedding gift for them.” He pauses. “However we have so many lovely things to choose from, that I feel sure we shall find the perfect gift from you.”
“Oh it isn’t just for me, Crosbie,” Lettice replies apologetically. “I also need a wedding gift for my parents.”
“Ah! How is his Lordship?” Mr. Crosbie asks. “And her Ladyship?”
“Quite well thank you, Crosbie,” Lettice states. “However, they are too ensconced in Wiltshire to come to London to select their own gift.”
“Well, I’m sure we can find a suitable gift for them too, Miss Chetwynd.” He smiles politely. “Shall I pour?”
“Oh, you are a brick, Crosbie!” Lettice says. “Yes please.”
As he pours, Mr. Crosbie artfully makes sure that the sleek body of the teapot and its elegant spout catches the light and the attention of his customer.
“That’s a lovely teapot, Crosbie,” Lettice remarks thoughtfully.
“It’s one of the new tea services we have just received from our silversmiths.” He adds hopefully, “It is Georgian Revival Moderne: very fashionable Miss Chetwynd. Will you take milk and sugar?”
“Yes, thank you, Crosbie. Oh, and the crockery?”
“Also in a new and very fashionable line, Miss Chetwynd.” Mr. Crosbie adds with delight that Lettice has noticed it. “Do have a chocolate or a vanilla Bourbon biscuit.”
“Thank you, Crosbie.” She picks up a chocolate cream Huntley and Palmer’s biscuit and munches daintily on it. After finishing her mouthful and taking a sip of tea she continues, “Now. I want something different. Something special for two of my closest friends: not just a tea set.” Crosbie’s face falls slightly at her words. “Anyone can give a tea set.”
“Indeed, Miss Chetwynd.” Mr. Crosbie acquiesces with a slight lilt of disappointment.
“No!” Lettice continues. “I want something, different. The Marquess is giving the newlyweds a house near Penzance as a country retreat. I am told it is a Regency house. I’d like to give them something suitable for there. What can you show me, Crosbie?”
The older man’s eyes light up again. “Ah! Well, Asprey’s do have a few rather lovely pieces that might suit. If I could beg your indulgence, Miss Chetwynd.”
Lettice nods in agreement as the man moves purposefully across the red carpeted floor to the mahogany display shelves where he fetches several pieces. She continues to enjoy the Bourbon biscuits and her tea whilst he searches for potential presents. Returning, he places two lidded boxes and a tray on the table before her.
“A Regency Revival letter tray, and two Georgian Revival tea caddies, Miss Chetwynd.” Mr. Crosbie says soothingly with a flourish of his hands worthy of a magician having produced a rabbit from a hat.
Lettice scrutinises each, carefully picking them up and considering them as gifts. Across the table from her, Mr. Crosbie quietly holds his breath as he watches, clutching his glove glad hands together beneath the table’s surface.
“Yes,” Lettice says at length. “Yes, I think the larger of the tea caddies, Crosbie.”
“Very good, Miss Chetwynd.” Mr. Crosbie enthuses. “And for your parents?”
“Oh, the tea service, definitely.” she replies with a wry smile. “They are very good at giving tea sets.”
“Very good, Miss Chetwynd. I’ll have the accounts drawn out. Shall I have the tea service and the tea caddy sent directly to Lord and Lady de Virre with a small note of compliments from you and the Viscount?"
“The tea set, yes,” Lettice says. “But the tea caddy, no. Please have that sent to me.”
“Certainly Miss Chetwynd. I can have it delivered to you this afternoon, if that suits.”
“Splendid Crosbie,” Lettice smiles and sighs, relieved that she has the perfect wedding gift for her friends. Finishing her tea, she grasps her parasol and handbag and prepares to leave. Then, as an after thought she adds, “Oh, and have another of those tea services sent to me as well.” She looks again at the sleek teapot glinting on the tray. “I quite like the way the pot pours.”
“Yes, Miss Chetwynd!” Mr. Crosbie says with undisguised pleasure.
*Founded in 1781 as a silk printing business by William Asprey, Asprey soon became a luxury emporium. In 1847 the business moved to their present premises at 167 Bond Street, where they advertised 'articles of exclusive design and high quality, whether for personal adornment or personal accompaniment and to endow with richness and beauty the table and homes of people of refinement and discernment’. In 1862 Asprey received a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria. They received a second Royal Warrant from the Future Edward VII in 1889. Asprey has a tradition of producing jewellery inspired by the blooms found in English gardens and Woodland Flora. Over the decades jewelled interpretations of flowers have evolved to include Daisy, Woodland and sunflower collections. They have their own special cut of diamond and produce leather goods, silver and gold pieces, trophies and leatherbound books, both old and new. They also produce accessories for playing polo. In 1997, Asprey produced the Heart of the Ocean necklace worn in the motion picture blockbuster, ‘Titanic’.
This luxury goods shop floor with all its silver may appear real to you, however it is fashioned entirely of 1:12 miniatures from my collection. Some of the items in this tableaux are amongst the very first pieces I ever received as a young child.
Fun things to look for in this tableaux include:
The panoply of silver items that full the shelves and cabinets were once commonplace items in both upper and middle-class households. These items include candelabras, candlesticks, a biscuit barrel, an egg cruet set, a lidded muffin dish, a punch bowl, a toast rack, vases, trophies, coffee sets, tea sets, a strawberry dish, lidded chafing and serving dishes, meat covers, gravy boats, a water jug, an ice bucket, a sweetmeat dish, silver trays and salvers, and tea caddies. Almost all of the silver pieces in this scene are exclusively made by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces. The only pieces not made by them are the square tray and tea service in the foreground, and the three prong Arts and Crafts style candelabra which sits atop a stand in front of the mahogany cases. The square tray and tea service in the foreground, which come from Smallskale Miniatures in the United Kingdom. The three prong candelabra is an artisan piece of sterling silver made in Berlin and is actually only 3 centimetres in height and 3 centimetres in width.
The Queen Anne table and two chairs in the foreground were amongst the first miniatures I was ever given as a child. They were birthday presents given to me when I was seven years old.
Lettice’s snakeskin handbag with its gold clasp and chain comes from Doreen Jeffries’ Small Wonders Miniature Shop in the United Kingdom. Lettice’s umbrella also comes from Smallskale Miniatures in the United Kingdom.
The Art Deco style teacup, saucer and plate come from an EBay stockist of miniatures, whilst the tiny chocolate and vanilla Bourbon biscuits from Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering in the United Kingdom. They specialise in miniature foods, and the array of items they have along with the fine and realistic detail of their hand made pieces is quite amazing!
The vase of roses on the Queen Anne table is beautifully made by hand by the Doll House Emporium.