New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
DUTCH ART IN SILPER.
Fascinating Designs Dear to Me
Heart of the HouSc1CJe.

In the show window of antiquity dealer one
may sometimes find tiny bit of silver In the shape
OF miniature pasoda, racing SMELL Win i'S Wv
of Hlputian rowers bending TO the oars o' q
parlor set of sofa. chairs and centre tanie' which
altogether would occupy the square surface oi
,,,.ar nlate The price when one asks u OF 'he
attendant is generally quite out or propor'io" -
the size or weight of the piece Oh' pue ~ ,s
silver!" the salesman remarks. by way oI Ju'
ton as he turns the dainty 10Y oNei "
see It from another aspect
Dutch silver is one of the thihes tii"' " "
g., .+v,e If is also one of the things ina. he
attain popularity. Its exouisi'e "o ,th,,s oil
d.ars if 10 the collector, but It's prlce pio 1y,
b,t the we'll to do from purchasing IT, Inc 80
,.,dar and German who make the SILVER a'e w
- 1t ,r, wages but tariff Of 65 per cent
hitch % i-nnosed upon every piece that enters ~
United States magrifes the cost 10 p -. a. -
tba average nurse In Canada one can pu! II "
far greater advantage, for the Canau'a''
rnent imposes a duty of only 80 per cent u
Dutch silver comes from l-eeu"aiuen' aI.
,. but thirty miles from Amsterdam, OF ~
from Hannou. a town about hlteen - - :, ut
Frankfort on the Main where the re"H ,e ~ a
tated with rruarkable success. IN oo -. - tho
lIrv of s,ver articles is village lndusds' ~
,,a (which Is han anded down from rather
-. ca, I'VE >. ,oIk song or old proverp- fart vi
the work is done in factories ou' So. e.'a.s -
artisans work at home. selling their p'ou - ~
,ds1e,,en who go from house TO house ana 'ieh
,ollrn
Instruments being a simple tool ana hdi,iie, ,l's
The thin sheet of silver is first placed OIL 0. ST.
NJ WAX then beaten into shape ana '"e ~ .,
-o-,,ad into II Repousse. the trench can 'ie
,.ooass The silver Is worked from the lhsloe oA'
.,d taste instinct and imagination as We" "'
epilI rIsv = great part it, For the cral'
,eve- sees what he is doing until he mas hn'sneu "
II u Is a. angels head. he sees IL o'''s ii ~
wrong side until the whole is completed
Mon and hovs make the articles. while 'ile "o
.,d girls do the packing and shipping Allhousii
a. wages Of the expert artisan do NOT aNelase
above twenty-five or thirty cents a day every o"e
eoon,s n live comfortably and decently. Hannou
e . MACE OF whtewashed walls and ueo rools'
while Teeuwarden is laborousy clean ana ne"''
e.o- the custom of Dutch towns however Iaf &c
~ .-.u they may be. Boys begin thelr dp
.,,ticesbin AT the age of eleven or tWel'e' anu
& takes them from eight to ten years to become
exnerts But they have the advantage OF grow"
ing ND with silversmithing; 1t is IN ue an
coIors the imagination and forms the 'huus'l, ,"'
BACKGROUND Of their lives, so that even "hl'e 'ie
hand and eve are unframed, it is ike a secohu
nature 10 the boy worker
CLEVER DESIGNS.
There is nothing that the Dutch1nah cahii0
rnaxe ont of silver. from coach ana span Vi
80 +bree inches long and one inch and nall
,,t - , centrepiece three feet high for mowers.
rrro oocb will be equipped with a coachman ana
$3.50, on the box and there will be delcate
erande dame reclining against the cusihohs %
te,,;aa ont Of the window; the centrepiece VIII