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| French Kings entered Italy to reclaim Naples |
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Francois I
Fontainebleau
1525 |
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| Invited Ross Fiorentino (1530) and Primaticcio (1532) |
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| cup-board, initially designed as 2 parts |
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(Chatter or gossip chair)
Wide seat for skirts |
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relief profiles (like medals)
in roundels set into panels |
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Silver
Construction techniques |
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Raising
Spinning
Casting
Stamping |
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Silver
Decoration techniques |
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Repousse(Embossing)
Chasing
Flat Chasing
Engraving
Bright cutting
Cut Card work
Pierced work |
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| Soft metal, alloyed with COPPER |
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Starling standard
(England from c1300) |
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925/1000 silver
75/1000 copper |
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Continental standards
French |
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Continental Standards
Netherlands |
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sterling silver fused to a base metal, copper.
-prob. of Bleeding |
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Electroplate
(Silver plate) |
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c1840-
An electrical current applied pure silver coating evenly.
Marked EPNS (Electro plated nickel silver) |
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| Application of a thin layer of gold to a silver object. An AMALGAM of MERCURY and gold leaf was applied to the object. |
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| Maker, Mark of Origin, Silver Standard, Date Letter, Duty Mark, Scratchweight |
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Weight of Silver object.
Duty was paid according to the weight until 1890.
1 troy ounce = 20 penny weight= 31.1g |
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1598
Created French Calvinists |
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French Huguenot, silversmith
active in 1720s |
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| attaching 2 silver pieces |
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