Chapter VI: Various Qualities of Silver

Mechanical Uses of Silver 52
Filigree Work 52
Birmingham 52
London 52
Indian 53
Chief Places of Filigree Manufacture 53
Continental Cheap Labour 54
Hand-made Articles 54
Process of Workmanship 55
Maltese Filigree 55
Chinese and Japanese Filigree 56
Filigree of Norway and Sweden 56
Filigree working, Necessity for Pure Metal 56
Old Method of making Filigree 57
Twisting of the Wire 58
Lathe, Use of 58
Flattening of Twisted Wire for Filigree 59
New Method of preparing Filigree Wire 59
English Standards for Silver 60
English Coinage 61
Standard Silver Alloy 61
Alloy for Hall-marking 62
Standard Alloy of the Highest Quality 62
Standard Alloy for Hall-marking 62
Alloy commonly used in England 63
Qualities used by English Silversmiths 63
Drawbacks to Hall-marking 63
Method of calculating the Qualities of Silver 63
Silver Alloy No. 1, cost 4_s._ 7_d._ per oz. 64
" No. 1, differently calculated 64
" No. 2, cost 4_s._ 1_d._ per oz. 64
" No. 2, differently calculated 64
" No. 3, cost 3_s._ 10_d._ per oz. 65
" No. 3, differently calculated 65
Silver Alloy No. 4, cost 3_s._ 7_d._ per oz. 65
" No. 4, differently calculated 65
" No. 5, cost 3_s._ 6_d._ per oz. 66
" No. 5, differently calculated 66
" No. 6, cost 3_s._ 3_d._ per oz. 66
" No. 6, differently calculated 66
" No. 7, cost 3_s._ 2_d._ per oz. 67
" No. 7, differently calculated 67
" No. 8, cost 3_s._ per oz. 67
" No. 8, differently calculated 67
Instructions in the Preparation of Alloys 68
Copper for Alloying 68
French Standards 69
Silver Ware 69
Coinage 69
French Alloy for Coinage 70
French Alloy for Plate 70
French Alloy for Silver Ware 70
Instructions in the Preparation of these Alloys 70
German Standards 71
Silver Ware 71
Coinage 71
Silver Alloy for the German Coinage 72
Alloy for Plate 72
Alloys for Silver Wares 72, 73
Law on the Manufacture of Silver Wares 73
Remedy allowed in Fineness 73
Government Exports 73
Guarantee Marks 73