In colonial America, a blacksmith was someone who froged iron into kettles, hinges, weather vanes, nails, axes, hoes, and many other products. The difference between a blacksmith and a silversmith, is that for one, a blacksmith uses iron, and a silversmith uses silver. Also, a blacksmith heats the metal before he shapes it, while a silversmith uses a variety of hammers to pound the room-temperature silver into tools.
Johnny Tremain becomes an apprentice to a silversmith, Mr. Lapham, in the book "Johnny Tremain." He learns the trade and works as a talented silversmith before joining the colonial forces during the American Revolution.
He was a silversmith's apprentice.
being a gold/silversmith
Paul Revere was a silversmith.
Pual Revere had a job as a silversmith.
it was a silversmith like his father
A silversmith is a craftsman that is trained in the art of turning silver sheetmetal into dishes, trays, bowls, flatware, and other articles of household silver. A silversmith may also make jewelry.
The 18th-century silversmith was thought of as someone akin to a sculptor. Both had to know how to shape their materials with artistic talent, taste, and design.
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