The silversmith's products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith. Here Kauffman describes the tools and the methods used by these colonial artisans in fashioning silver objects: teapots, coffeepots, cups, beakers, forks, spoons, plates, bowls, porringers, bowls, as well as braziers, candlesticks, guns, nails, skewers, tongs, tureens, and more. (175pp. illus. index. Astragal Press, 1995.)