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Title: Trophy. General: This Sterling Silver Golf Trophy stands about 15 inches ( 38 Cm ) high. The base is hand Carved from Macassar Ebony. The small golf "t's" on the base are for the winner's names. Material: Sterling Silver, Macassar Ebony. Gem: Method: The "T" is coned and raised, The Ball is Raised and Répoussé. The small "T & ball" are hand cut. The base is hand Carved, and the inscriptions are Hand Engraved. Finish: Polished. Mechanics: The ball and "T" have a stainless steel rod which screws them together, and to the base. The little "Ts" plug into holes in the base. Designer: W. van Heeckeren. Craftsman: W. van Heeckeren. Price: AUS $ 31000.00.
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. Wal.
Ebony is a tropical hardwood. There are two types, the African, which is very black, and the Ceylon or Macassar, which is a dark brown with black grain. The one I use is macassar, because the trees grow to a larger diameter, and therefore allow larger single pieces of work to be made. Wal.
Coning and Raising is where you make a cone out of sheet metal with a special overlap seam, which can withstand the rigours of raising. The Item may then be raised over a conical stake, or on pitch, if it is too narrow for a stake to fit in. Wal.
Raising is a method of shrinking sheet metal in order to form hollow shapes. For instance: a bowl, or a jug may be raised from flat sheet metal in one single piece. During the process the metal actually thickens. Wal.
Répoussé is a method of sheet metal forming where the metal is placed on a bowl of softish pitch. The metal is then hit down into the pitch with smooth punches. If the desired result needs greater depth or more refining, the work may be turned over and worked from the other side. The pitch supports the metal where it is not being hit, and in this way three dimensional shapes of great depth can be achieved. Some confusion exists in the English speaking world, because the word "CHASING" is used for two different techniques. In German the word for chasing, is zisellieren, or chiselling. The object to be decorated is placed on a quite hard "chasers pitch", and is then worked with small cutting punches. the look is somewhat like engraving. Wal.
CARVING may be done by various methods, such as: Chiselling, engraving, or with a rotary burr in a flexible shaft machine. Wal.
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. Wal.