posted 07-23-2010 03:37 PM            

Stone's work was so remarkable and varied and beautiful. I had always known he was from England and had apprenticed there, but judging from this book I would guess that his flatware training was there, also, as well as his hollowware training.

This brings up the thought that Agleopar's question of some time ago as to why American flatware silversmiths use broader and thinner stock than English silversmiths do, could have been answered by Stone at one time. But as ONC's style of work as well as Porter Blanchard's and Ericson's all stemmed from Stone's shop and teaching, could Stone have been responsible for American's using a different type stock from the English? Perhaps that change was his doing?

As a curious coincidence, we just received an order to copy a place spoon made in the Stone shop. Judging from the information in the book, this spoon was made about 1957 when Mr. Hayward owned the shop and the silversmith who made the piece was named Letanen(I believe that is the spelling).

posted 07-27-2010 07:01 PM            

That is a beautiful bowl, your picture is clearer than the one in the book.

It is sad to see that some of the items pictured in the book note that the picture was taken when the item was made but its whereabouts today are unknown. Could those be, indeed, lost or perhaps in private collections?