A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GOLD AND SILVERSMITHS' WORK AND THEIR ALLIED CRAFTS BY 
HERBERT MARYON, ASSOCIATE OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, READING 

WITH 333 LINE DRAWINGS BY CYRIL PEARCE, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS 
SECOND EDITION LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, LTD. 1923 

Printed in Great Britain by 
Wm. Brendon &> Son, Ltd., Printers, Plymouth 

CHAPTER I 
Materials and Tools 1 Gold and silver—Care of material—Assay—Copper and brass—Other metals and alloys—The workshop—Various tools. 

CHAPTER II 
Soldering   Hard solder—Composition of gold solders—Silver solders—Spelter solders for copper, brass and iron—Moulds for casting solder. 

CHAPTER III 
Soldering (continued) 15 Binding work for soldering—Soldering in plaster—Use of borax—Ap plication of solder—The soldering hearth—Jeweller's charcoal and wig—Management of flame—Various hints—Removal of borax by pickling—Composition of pickles—Antidote for acid burns—Brazing. 

CHAPTER IV 
Soldering (continued) 26 Gas—Jeweller's jet—Blowpipes—Bellows—Management of blowpipo flame—Spirit lamps—Blowlamps—Coke fire—Charcoal fire—Furnace. 

CHAPTER V 
Soldering (continued) 36 Soft solder—Composition of soft solders—Fluxes—Soldering bits-Various hints—Removal of soft solder. 

CHAPTER VI 
Filigree and Other Small Work 42 Wire drawing—Tube or chenier—Tools—Jeweller's bench. 

CHAPTER VII 
Filigree (continued)  55 Grains—Bosses—Rings—Leaves—Filigree wire—Soldering—Boiling out—Filed solder. 
 
CHAPTER VIII  
Setting of Stones  67 Tools required and their uses. 

CHAPTER XIV
Stone Setting (continued) 74 The coronet setting—The out-down—Millegriffe—Thread, or thread and grain—Star, Gothic or tulip—Pave.
 
CHAPTER X 
Stone Setting (continued) 85 Gipsy—Roman—Rubbed over or band setting—Cramp setting—Pin setting for pearl—Drop stones, etc. 

CHAPTER XI 
Raising 93 Stakes— The raising hammer— Planishing and collet hammers — Sinking—Raising—Annealing—Shaping—Planishing—Various hints. 

CHAPTER XII 
Spinning 110 The lathe — The pattern or forme—The section chuck — Other chucks—Followers—Tools—Spinning—Lubricants. 

CHAPTER XIII 
Repousse Work 119 Materials and tools—Pitch—Lead or zinc—Board work—Composition of pitch—Removing pitch—Repousse and chasing tools—Snarling irons. 

CHAPTER XIV 
Repousse Work (continued) . 130 Transferring the design—Lettering—Patterns on bowls—Work in the round. 

CHAPTER XV 
Mouldings 134 Folded edges—Wired edges—The drawswage—Making the dies—The drawbeneh—Swaged mouldings—Turned mouldings—Bending strip metal—Running plaster mouldings for casting. 

CHAPTER XVI  
Twisted Wires 143 

CHAPTER XVII 
Hinges and Joints 149 Chenier joints—Joint tool—Soldering—Brooch joints. 

CHAPTER XVIII 
Metal Inlaying 158 Piercing the recesses—Punching them—Chiselling them—Engraving Etching—Etching grounds—Transferring design—Needling—Mor dants—Fusing the inlay—Depositing it — Hammering it in—A Japanese method. 

CHAPTER XIX
 Niello 171 Theophilus—Cellini—Bolas—Spon. 

CHAPTER XX
 Japanese Alloys , 177 Mizu nagashi—Mokume—Shaku do—Shibu iehi. 

CHAPTER XXI 
Enamelling ISO Tools and materials—List of enamels. 

CHAPTER XXII 
Enamelling (continued) 185 Champleve enamels — Cutting or engraving—Grinding enamel— Washing enamel—Filling the recesses—Firing enamels—Polishing and finishing. 

CHAPTER XXIII 
Enamelling (continued) 192 Cloisonne enamels—Making, fitting and soldering eloisons—Plique a jour—Temporary backgrounds—Bassetaille enamels. 

CHAPTER XXIV
 Enamelling (continued) 197 Painted enamels—Preparation of plaque—Backing—Grinding colours in mortar—Applying the enamel—Drying—Firing—Foil—Grinding colour on slab—Painting—Gold—Alterations, grisaille, etc. 
 
CHAPTER XXV  
Metal Casting  , 207 Cuttlefish moulds—Materials for moulds—The piece mould—The core—Casting a relief—Loam or easting sand—Flasks—Casting on the descending or the ascending principle—The pour—Thevents. 

CHAPTER XXVI 
Casting (continued) 221 The " cire perdue " or waste wax process—Composition of the wax— The wax model—The core—The pour, gates and vents—Materials for the final mould—Binding with wire—Cellini—Melting out the wax—Firing the mould—Furnaces — Fusing the metal—Fusible alloys—Pouring—Finishing casts. 

CHAPTER XXVII 
Construction 234 Hollow handles—Compound mouldings—Fitting moulding to a tapering vessel—The folding iron—Squareand round trays—Buckling m sheet metal—Fixing a tablet—Inkpot tops. 

CHAPTER XXVIII 
Setting Out 242 Tools—Transferring drawings to metal — Measurements—Various geometrical problems—Setting out inscriptions—Rectangular ring for small work. 

CHAPTER XXIX 
Polishing, Colouring, and Lacquering 254 Polishing—Burnishing — Matt surface — The colouring of gold— Silrer—Copper—Brass—Japanese metal colouring—Lacquering. 

CHAPTER XXX 
The Making and Sharpening of Tools  265 Carbon Steels—Alloy steels— Forging — Hardening—Tempering— Tempering in metal bath—Grinding—Sharpening. 

CHAPTER XXXI 
Design  272 

CHAPTER XXXII 
Genesis 284 

CHAPTER XXXIII 
Benvenuto Cellini 288 

CHAPTER XXXIV 
Outfit for a Shall Workshop  291 

CHAPTER XXXV 
Various Tables and Standards 294 

CHAPTER XXXVI Gauges 308

Notes on Illustrations 316 

Bibliography 318 

Index 319