SHOW: Trophies 11
Title: Trophies.
General: Sterling Silver Fountain quill. Made for an inter governmental
signing ceremony.
Material: Sterling Silver.
Gem:
Method: Constructed, Hand Engraved, Florentined.
Finish: Polished.
Mechanics: The fountain pen mechanics were taken from a Sheaffer Pen.
Designer: W.van Heeckeren.
Craftsman: W.van Heeckeren.
Price: AUS $ 2600.00.
Engraving is surface decoration, usually used to inscribe
lettering, but it may be used to put any design on
the surface. In engraving a small cutting chisel,
called a graver or scorper, is used to cut small
channels into the surface of the metal. If the
graver is well polished, it leaves a very polished
cut. This is sometimes called bright cutting.
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STERLING SILVER is a binary Silver alloy consisting of:
925 parts/1000 Pure Silver and
75 parts/1000 Pure Copper.
Annealing temperature: 750 degrees Celsius.
Melting Temperature: 950 degrees Celsius.
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FLORENTINEING is a surface finish, achieved by using a special
graver, which has a number of parallel grooves cut in
the bottom. The effect of this is that the graver
cuts many parallel lines at once. In Florentineing,
first a series of parallel cuts are made followed by a
second set, which are cut across the first set, at 45
degrees to the first set. The tool may be referred to
as a florentineing tool, or a line graver.
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