Word: silversmithing
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...Philippines, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur proved his resourcefulness anew. A Filipino silversmith hammered out a five-star collar emblem exactly up to specification, using Filipino, Dutch and Australian silver coins supplied by the General's aides...
...make Paul Revere a very exciting person, and for all her skill and devotion Biographer Esther Forbes has not managed to do much better. But her 464-page biography of the famous night rider, silversmith, dentist, bell caster, copperplate engraver, and revolutionary politician is absorbing reading. Reason: Paul Revere lived so close to the center of the historical storm of Boston (colonial population about 15,000) which influenced world history ever since that the context makes him impressive...
...Anecdotes told by Merchant Marcus at the Boston Distribution Conference (TIME, Oct. 20): A silversmith refused to make 40 tea sets because, while making one set was fun, making 40 sets would be hard work; 2) a lard seller in a village market refused to sell her whole pail of lard at once until she had had her fill of gossip...
...Buenos Aires, a beautiful tea set caught his eye. It cost about $60 but he thought if he ordered 40 the unit cost might be less. Said the silversmith: "Ha! I know what you are talking about, but I can't get any more. But, if I do get any more they will be higher." His reason: to make one was a pleasure, to make more would be "really work...
...Chile, Mr. Marcus admired and bought a hand-worked copper cigaret case. He couldn't buy any more because its maker, a silversmith, really felt it beneath him to work in copper. There Mr. Marcus planted a seed for the future: to glamorize copper work, he offered a prize to the schoolboy who. could make the best handmade copper gadget...