Metal craft

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1939

Creator: produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in collaboration with Forest Grant, Director of Art, Public Schools of New York City.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Pictures craftsmen at work fashioning objects out of pewter and bronze. Includes demonstrations of how to make a spun bowl of pewter, a hammered bronze bowl, a molded pewter candle stick, and pewter jewel box. Close-up photography permits detailed study of such skills as shaping, trimming, molding, soldering, raising, burnishing, designing, and chasing.; PFA 1604-04-1553. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: May 7, 2004 scratched.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE