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ENGINEER HAS LUCKY FIND

London


A Chelsea marine engineer who picked up what he supposed to be a string of broken beads in a Sloane St. gutter and gave to his daughter to play with the other day has since found that they were the $5,000 pearls of Lady Beaumont, who had reported her loss to the police over night. The engineer said his fellow workers told him they were beads filled with tallow fat. When he heard a pearl necklace had been lost he took the “beads” to Lady Beaumont and received a reward of $250. Only one of the 47 pearls was missing, this having been crushed by a passing vehicle. The engineer was a member of the Peary polar expeditions.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th August 1925

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BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR - 1925

Castle Bromwich


The announcement that the British Industries Lair which usually is divided between London and Birmingham is next year to he held at Castle Bromwich is causing considerable satisfaction to the manufacturing jewelry industry. The decision adds importance to the "Brummagen" show since it means that the London concentration of jewelry, silver, electro-plate, cutlery, glass and fancy goods must go north. Some 50,000 square feet of space will be available for the London section at the fair which will be staged Feb, 16 to 27.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th December 1924

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EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT OF B.A. BALLOU Co.

Providence, Rhode Island


Compressed Air Tank in Providence Factory Explodes During Lunch Hour

Providence, R. I., Dec. 6.—Shortly after 25 employes of the B. A. Ballou Co., Inc., had left the engine turning department on the fourth floor of the firm’s plant at 140 Orange St., for the lunch hour the other day, a large compressed air tank near the ceiling exploded, shattering every window in the room, Only the fact that it was the lunch hour prevented injury to the employes, according to Frederick A. Ballou Jr., superintendent of the plant. If the explosion had occurred five minutes before 12 o'clock the entire working force on the floor would have been in grave danger from flying metal and glass. Mr. Ballou stated that no one was injured.

It was stated that the cause of the explosion was a combination of gas and air which had probably been forced into the large tank with the stopping of the motor at the noon-hour. The cap of the apparatus was blown across the long room and the concussion of the blast forced out the glass of the windows. Hundreds of pedestrians were endangered by the flying glass outside the building, but so far as could be learned, no one was injured.

In the excitement that followed the explosion someone pulled in the fire alarm from the box at the corner of Pine and Dorrance Sts. The arrival of the apparatus and the dense crowds attracted by the explosion created considerable confusion in the jewelry section for some time.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 10th December 1924

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CRICHTON BROS. RECEIVE THE ROYAL WARRANT

New York


The managers of Crichton Bros. local store at 638 Fifth Ave. have received information from the home office in London that King George V. has honored the firm by issuing a royal warrant appointing them goldsmiths to his Majesty.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th January 1911

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JES BARKENTIN REPLACES JOHN KEITH

London


Mr. Barkentin brought for inspection the pastoral staff which is to be given to the Bishop of Dunedin by his colleagues of the Ecclesiological Committee. Mr. Burges, the designer of the staff, also met the Committee. It was agreed that Mr. Barkentin, of No. 291, Regent Street, should be appointed goldsmith and silversmith to the Ecclesiological Society, in place of Mr. Keith ; and Mr. Burges undertook to superintend all designs for church plate, etc., to be made by him under the sanction of the Society.

Source: The Ecclesiologist - July 1867

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THE McKENNA DUTIES

London


London, July 5—The McKenna duties reimposed by the present government and affecting the importation of foreign-made clocks, watches, musical instruments, automobiles and the like took effect this week. From now on imported watches, clocks and component parts will have to pay the duty of 33 1/3 per cent. A last-minute rush to get goods landed here before the reimposed duties went into effect July 1 resulted in an enormous amount of dumping, importers here having placed substantial orders for delivery up to July 1 thereby saving considerably on the new tariff. The last minute rush of those goods covered by the McKenna duties entailed the use of every mode of transport from aeroplane down to ordinary ship and train ferry. The Customs House at Croydon, the London air station, is stacked from floor to ceiling with dumped goods. One aeroplane from Switzerland carried a big consignment of gold watches. The Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry service has not been so busy in years, it is reported.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd July 1925

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INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY PROFITS UP

United States


International Silver Company announces a gain in sales and earnings, for the fourth successive year, in 1961. Net earnings, after taxes, for 1961 showed a 30% gain over 1960. Earnings for 1961 were $2,815,000, and for 1960, $2,161,000.

Source: The American Horologist and Jeweler - April 1962

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THOMAS FATTORINI

Skipton


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Lieut. Thomas Fattorini, R.A.F., who was killed in action on August 13th, aged 19, was the son of Thomas Fattorini, of Rockwood, Skipton, Yorks.


Source: Flight - 12th September 1918

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SCATHING ATTACK ON THE WORK OF THOMAS FATTORINI

Birmingham


MATERIAL REVIEW

SOME MEDALS


In order to confute a recent statement in the Spectator to the effect that the art of medal striking was practically extinct in England, some examples and a catalogue of the work of Messrs. Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, have been submitted for review. Only the variations in the definitions of the word “art” could enable anyone to say that these medals disprove the statement.

I have tried my hardest to discover one good quality in them ; but, with the exception of the metal in which they are struck, I have been quite unsuccessful. Even in this respect I should prefer to purchase half-crowns for presentation purposes. The half-crowns are considerably better in design, These medals, unfortunately, are awarded for merit in sport and in other pursuits, and may be accepted as meritorious in themselves. It can be argued that they appeal to the class for which they are intended, but I am inclined to think that the majority of sportsmen are so engrossed in their own form of expression that a medal of better design could be presented without its having any untoward effect on either the recipient or his friends. To describe these medals particularly is futile. Suffice it to say that they recall the art adorning roundabouts and brides’ cakes. When they are not extravagant in design, their simplicity is just meagreness. Even the workmanship I consider to be slipshod. Of course, they are cheap; but they are so consistently bad that this consistency gives them ludicrous fascination, and makes one wonder why the designer, even if only by accident, has failed to strike a good design occasionally.

A medal has also been sent by Mr. A. F. Shepherd, the Appeal Director of the Wolverhampton General Hospital It has been struck in commemoration of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to the hospital. Mr. A.K. Cox, the well-known artist, is the designer, while the striking has been executed by the Birmingham Medal Company is very definitely and clearly struck. This example on each side is a design of two symbolical figures, with simple Roman lettering. The figures are accurately modelled, but the lack of metallic treatment in them suggests the conception of the painter rather than that of the medal designer. The drapery, too, in if its confusion of forms has not the severity of technique demanded by the bronze medium. The general design of the whole, however, is pleasing.

W. McCance


Source: The Spectator - 18th August 1923

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TIE UP 3 JEWELERS, GET $50,000 IN GEMS

New York


Three Robbers Raid a Store on Busy East Side Street and Flee in Crowd

THREATEN TO KILL OWNER

Strip Safe, Shelves and Window Trays After Forcing Victims Into Back Room



Jewelry valued by the victims at between $50,000 and $75,000 was stolen yesterday by three armed men from the store of Bial & Bial at 40 Forsyth Street. One of the owners and two employes were bound with rope and made prisoners in a rear room while the robbers emptied the safe and several window trays and escaped into the crowded street.

The store is within a few yards of Canal Street and in one of the busiest spots of the lower east side. When the hold-up occurred shortly before noon the neighborhood was congested with Sunday shoppers. The men entered when there were no customers in the place. All wore soft hats, pulled low.

Near the safe at the rear stood Jacob Bial. A few feet from him, nearer the entrance, sat Nathan Rabinowitz, a diamond setter. Behind the counter was Louis Oliak, the watchmaker. One of the three strangers placed a watch on the counter and asked Oliak, ‘‘What can you do with this?’’ Oliak turned his attention to the watch and did not see the other two strangers edge toward the rear.

But Bial saw them and, sensing that something was wrong, leaped to close the safe door. Before he could reach it, a pistol was pressed against his side and a voice threatened, “If you touch that safe you won't live five seconds. Put up your hands!’’ The owner obeyed. By this time the watchmaker and diamond setter also were confronted with pistols.

The three jewelers were driven into the rear room. From under the rain-coat of one of the robbers came coils of rope. With these the three store men were bound, Then they were gagged and thrown face downward on the floor.

The robbers worked quickly at the safe, they cleared the shelves. As they were leaving they emptied the window trays.

Fifteen minutes later Rabinowitz wriggled from his bonds and freed the other two. Bial telephoned the police. The three victims were taken to Police Headquarters to examine Rogues Gallery photographs, but could not identify any. Detectives found no clue.

The confession on the stand of one of two men arraigned before Magistrate Norris in West Side Court yesterday revealed a hold-up plan. The prisoners, Adam Schurr, a pianist, of 277 Eighth Avenue, and Albert Schepp, a laborer, had been arrested yesterday in front of a crowded restaurant at 107th Street and Amsterdam Avenue by Detectives who became suspicious of their intentions. The detectives said they found a loaded pistol in Schepp’s pocket.

In court, Schurr confessed that while he had no pistol he was with Schepp and that he knew Schepp planned to hold up the restaurant. They were held in $500 bail each for Special Sessions for violation of the Sullivan Law.


Source: The New York Times - 12th May 1924

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CHRISTIAN SILBER

Meriden, Connecticut


Christian Silber, for many years one of the best-known silver craftsmen in the employ of the International Silver Co., died at his home in Meriden recently after several months’ illness. Mr. Silber was 54 years of age, and had been in the employ of the International Silver Co. for 16 years, and it is said he had no equal in his line. The beautiful emblematic work turned out by Factory E of the company was principally Mr. Silber’s handiwork. He was also an architect, and before coming to this city 25 years ago he was engaged in that business for a number of years. He is survived by a brother and three sisters.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd November 1911

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SCOTLAND YARD SEARCHES FOR STOLEN CHURCH TREASURE

London


Scotland Yard has an idea that the $1,200,000 worth of gold, diamonds and other gems recently stolen from a monastery near Vienna is in London awaiting disposal by the thieves. The treasury chamber of the monastery was ransacked while the monks were asleep, the stolen articles including a baroque monstrance decorated with 665 diamonds, 34 pearls, 179 emeralds, 38 garnets and 571 amethysts, several gold rings and a number of ecclesiastical items. The Yard thinks the stones and pearls will be placed on the London market in small parcels and a strict watch is being kept on known gem and jewelry intermediaries here. An international gang of church robbers, it is thought, has its headquarters here.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th October 1925

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A NEW ALLOY

Birmingham


There has recently been patented in most of the leading countries of the world an invention which, it is alleged, will revolutionize the metal trades. For the last twenty years aluminium has been recognized as the most valuable metal for forming workable alloys, as it readily combines with zinc, tin, copper, and lead, and the varieties of alloys thus obtained are almost innumerable, any degree of hardness or ductility combined with sonorousness and tenacity being possible. Hitherto, however, the metal has been found so difficult of extraction and the process so costly, that it has only been possible to use it in its alloys for the manufacture of jewelry and very small articles, so that it has been comparatively of little commercial importance. The Aluminium Crown Metal Works Company, at Hollywood, near Birmingham, now claim to have invented and perfected a process by which, taking alum as the source, they can produce any quantity of pure alumina, which is afterwards converted into chloride of alumina, from which in turn the metal is extracted by the ordinary process of fusion with sodium. By this process the two impurities of aluminium — iron and silica — are got rid of. The author and patentee of this valuable invention is Mr. James Webster, the founder and principal of the Aluminium Company. The works having been erected within the last five years, the plant is of the most recent date, comprising all the most modern improvements in calcining furnaces and retorts, sheet-rolling and wire-drawing mills, together with the requisite casting, fitting, and other shops. On retiring from business as a metal manufacturer some years ago, Mr. Webster took up his residence at Hollywood, and while nominally engaged in farming pursuits carried on the experiments, which he had commenced as far back as 1851, for the invention of a more expeditious and inexpensive mode of producing aluminium. His experiments were conducted with great secrecy, none but his most intimate friends being admitted to his laboratory. Mr. Webster designed all the different buildings, appliances, and apparatus necessary for carrying on the experiments, upon which he has expended upwards of £30,000, besides £2,000 or £3,000 in procuring patent rights at home and abroad. A French syndicate have just offered over a quarter of a million sterling for the patent for France alone, while companies in the United States are proposing even larger sums to acquire the right of manufacture in the States. Scarcely less eagerness is displayed by the Belgians and Germans to purchase the rights for their respective countries, but the arrangements are not yet completed. The invention has only been perfected about eighteen months, and the firm have but recently begun to place the product on the market ; yet such is the demand that, though they are working day and night, they cannot execute one-twentieth part of the orders that are accumulating on their books. By the ordinary method of precipitation 12 tons of alum and 6 tons of carbonate of potash, soda, or ammonia are required to produce 1 ton of alumina, and the whole process occupies nine months ; whereas, in Mr. Webster's plan, no precipitant is used, and a ton can be manufactured in a week with the existing plant at Hollywood. The cost of producing a ton of alumina by the ordinary methods is upwards of £1,000, while it is less than £100 by Mr. Webster's process. Mr. Webster's process for the manufacture of alumina is to take a given quantity of alum and pitch. Which are first finely ground, then mixed together and placed in a calcining furnace, by which means 38 per cent, of water is driven out, leaving the sulphur, potash, and alumina with oxide of iron. The calcined mixture is then put into vertical retorts, and steam and air are forced through, which leaves a residue of potash and alumina only. This residue is afterwards placed in a vat filled with warm water, which is heated with steam. The potash is thus withdrawn, and the alumina left as a deposit in a very condensed state. The potash liquor is then run off, boiled down, while the alumina precipitate is collected in sacks and dried. It is then ready for making chloride of alumina. The alumina deposit thus obtained contains 84 per cent, of pure alumina, while that which is obtained by the old process of precipitation has only 65 per cent. Mr. Jones, the Wolverhampton borough analyst, certifies that the constituents of Messrs. Webster's alumina deposit are as follows : — Alumina, 84.10; sulphate of zinc, 2.68; silica, 7.40; water, 4.20; alkaline salts, 1.62. It should be explained that the sulphate of zinc is simply the accretion from the zinc vessel into which it is drawn. Thus there is not only a saving of nine-tenths in the cost, but a gain of 19 per cent, of alumina over the method of precipitation. In addition, Messrs. Webster recover the whole of the bye-products, consisting of potash, sulphur — which is utilized for making sulphuric acid — and the aluminate of iron. From these bye-products is made a blue dye, which is sold for 6s. per lb., and is used in the place of indigo for dyeing calico and other material. In order to complete the process, and convert it into aluminium, the chloride of alumina is treated with sodium in order to withdraw the metal. Aluminium is afterwards alloyed with copper, silver, and other metals? It is used for the manufacture of bismuth bronze, aluminium bronze, or any other alloys. The former is especially adapted for marine purposes, for ship-fittings, screw-propellers, or anything opposed to corrosion. This bronze can be rolled down to a gauge as fine as tissue paper, suitable for covering champagne bottles or in the various strengths required for drinking and culinary vessels, dish-covers, knives and forks, spoons, razors, or any articles which are now electro-plated. Beautiful specimens of railway-carriage door-handles, equal in appearance to electro-plated silver and gold articles, are produced at the "Crown" Works, and also by Sheffield firms from this metal, and are being supplied to railway companies. There are also samples of aluminium spoons in imitation of gold-plated articles, these having been manufactured by a leading Sheffield house from Messrs. Webster's alloys. Among the other purposes for which the bismuth bronze is suited is that of the manufacture of bells. Perhaps the most important use of the bismuth bronze, however, is its adaptability for ship fittings, screw-propellers, and other purposes where the metal is subject to saline influences. In respect of the patent bronze for submarine use, Messrs. Webster's prospectus states that this metallic alloy, which is the result of many years' experiments, is the most perfect material for the manufacture of steamship propellers. A quantity of this bronze has just been ordered for the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich for bearings for heavy machinery, and negotiations are going on with the War Office for large consignments of the metal for the manufacture of artillery. Messrs. Webster & Co. claim that their aluminium bronze metal, which is a combination of aluminium with tin, nickel, and copper, possesses greater power of resistance than the best gun-metal, and is very much lighter. Another very important use to which the aluminium bronze is being applied is that of pen-making, one or two firms in London and Birmingham having already commenced the manufacture. These aluminium pens not only have all the flexibility and temper of steel, but are incapable of corrosion and are equal to gold pens. Messrs. Webster's aluminium is adaptable for the manufacture of rings set with precious stones. Samples of wire made from the bronze have been sent to London and Glasgow for telegraph coils, and they are being used for electric telegraph purposes in some parts of the metropolis. Mr. Webster has also succeeded in uniting aluminium with other metals by a welding or soldering process — a feat which has not hitherto been accomplished.

Source: Birmingham Gazette - December 1882

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STANDARDIZATION OF COMMERCIAL SILVERWARE

United States


In order to standardize silver and plated ware in use in hotels, restaurants and aboard passenger ships, there has been appointed sub-committee on “silver and plated ware,” which will work in co-operation with the Division of Simplified Practice of the Department of Commerce. This committee consists of Chairman, R. I. Blanchard, of the Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., Frank N. Wilcox, general manager of the Hotel Division of the International Silver Co., Meriden, Conn.; Harry H. Galbraith, Reed & Barton, C. D. Morris, vice-president, R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co., Wallingford, Conn., and A. C. Reed, Emergency Fleet Corporation. The members of the committee have been invited to attend an important luncheon and meeting on board the Leviathan, on April 29.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd April 1925

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CUTLERY AND FLATWARE IN SMYRNA

Smyrna


United States Consul-General Ernest L. Harris, of Smyrna, furnishes the following reports regarding cutlery: Ordinary table knives, forks and spoons are imported into Smyrna chiefly from England, France, Germany and Austria. Those from England consist of white metal, and, whether knife or fork, usually sell from 50 to 75 cents the dozen. These are the very cheapest sort, and are to be found in the bazaars especially, as the price is so low as to enable the poorest household to be supplied with them. England also furnishes this market with polosi, nickel, and electro-silver plated knives and forks in large quantities. Polosi silver sells for $1.70 to $2.20 the dozen.

Source: The Metal Industry - June 1909

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REPRODUCTON AND ART

London


How far we are from understanding the nature of art is particularly noticeable in an account which appears in a contemporary of the art of the gold and silversmith. The writer speaks of the disappearance of the art, and gives various reasons to account for it at the same time. What is so particularly noticeable in the account is the absence of any understanding of the real causes for decline. Referring to what still exists of the art, the writer tells us "much of it consisted of reproductions of pieces of plate dating from earlier periods," and elsewhere, "For instance, there is one elderly worker who has reproduced Elizabethan silverware with such artistic skill that it is quite possible in years to come his reproductions will be sought for above all others." The statement speaks for itself. There is a statement, "at the moment it is certainly the styles of the period corresponding to the reign of Queen Anne that are in the ascendant," from which we have no great difficulty in accounting for the decline of the art; for an art which is not reinforced by first-hand vision and experience is but a lifeless survival.

How eloquent is what we have quoted of the misdirection of our thoughts as to what is needed to recover the art of the gold and silversmith! Was the value we set on Queen Anne silver due to its lifeless imitation of an earlier period of the art, or from its power to be itself, to express what was best in the vision and craftsmanship of its own time? Only when the art of the gold and silversmith takes on this first-hand and personal character can it hold much value for us. If we are to have again a vital craftsmanship, it will be because it is free to feel and express its own vision in design and treatment.


Source: The Builder - 29th August 1924

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LARGE ELECTRICAL SIGH ON DISPLAY AT WHITE BROS. Co.

New Orleans


New Orleans can boast of one of the largest electrical jewelry signs in the country. A few nights ago for the first time, this light flashed on Canal St. in front of White Bros. Co. It required three weeks of hard work, and expert work at that, to install this light. The sign reads, ‘“Diamonds, White Bros., Watches on Credit.” This huge electrical message can be seen from a distance of a mile and a half. It contains 1,156 lights, and has a two-colored effect, with alternating periods. It measures 45 feet high, is 10 feet wide, and two feet thick.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd July 1924

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CLOCK MADE FROM TOOTHBRUSH HANDLES

Sacramento, California


Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 1 — With the aid of a fifteenth century book on horology, a watchmaker in Folsom penitentiary constructed in five months a clock that runs perfectly, using only toothbrush handles in its construction. He duplicated with the celluloid handles all the parts formerly made of wood.

Source: The American Horologist and Jeweler - June 1941

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EDWARD ALFRED JONES

New York


E. Alfred Jones, M.A., the well known English expert on old silver, is again in America for a few months arranging a catalogue of one of the famous collections of old American silver. Mr. Jones, who is the author of “The Gold and Silver of Windsor Castle,” “The Old Plate of American Colleges,” “The Old Silver of the American Churches,” “The Old Silver of Europe and America” and many other volumes, has been in consultation with some of the experts in the silver trade here, and is stopping at the Belmont and will remain here probably for the rest of the year.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th November 1929

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KEYSTONE SILVER Inc.

New York


Keystone Silver, Inc., 165 W. 18th street, New York City, recently damaged by fire, is now located at 410-16 East 32d street, with much larger quarters, and facilities to meet the demands of customers. This concern manufactures an extensive line of silver-plated hollow-ware.

Source: The Metal Industry - April 1924

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