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"Silversmith of Williamsburg"

The “Silversmith of Williamsburg” is one of an esteemed series of videos that look at the trades programs of Colonial Williamsburg. Modern day craftspersons are trained under a master-apprentice system to use the tools and techniques of the eighteenth century to create 21st century replicas of colonial objects. In this video the silversmith takes a battered old bowl, and a few scraps of silver and fashions a magnificent new coffeepot.
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