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mdhavey Posts: 167 |
posted 01-04-2004 01:59 PM
  
I had been thinking (erroniously as it turns out) that most pre-1800 English holloware had been laboriously raised from ingots. But I had a chance to examine at auction recently a beautiful coffee pot made by Louisa Courtald, London, 1767-8. It had a definite seam the length of the front (where the spout is) from top to bottom, visible on the inside of the pot (though not the outside). Clearly it was made from sheet stock. When did holloware start to be rolled and soldered in England? [by the way, the pot was sold for $1700, and I was neither the seller nor the buyer]. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 01-08-2004 03:18 PM
The process of rolling silver into sheets to replace the laborious and time consuming process of hand-raising a piece from an ingot is believed to have arisen in the last portion of the 17th Cntury. The process was used by Thomas Bolsover in the production of Sheffield Plate as early as 1745. However, until sheet silver became readily available commercially, its use was not widespread. The readily recognizable forms of oval straight sided teapots and flat bottomed sraight sided beakers that appeared in the latter part of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries signalled the increased availability of the material, and its adoption became widespread in the 19th as machanization developed. [This message has been edited by swarter (edited 01-08-2004).] IP: Logged |
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