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FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 11-16-2005 05:33 PM I recently bought a hand raised,50's style, modernist chalice in red brass with the name B. Minkler written on a piece of masking tape and stuck to the base of the chalice. I suspect it was a prototype for a commission. It is handwrought and well executed. A web search has yeilded nothing and I was hoping someone may have better resources. Fred [This message has been edited by FredZ (edited 11-16-2005).] IP: Logged
Dale Posts: 2132 Registered: Nov 2002	posted 11-16-2005 10:11 PM B Minkler may have been the intended recipient of the chalice. Which is no help, I fear. There does not seem much reason to mark a proto-type, but putting the buyer's name on it makes sense. IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 11-17-2005 09:58 AM Dale, This was my thought as well. I was fishing for further info and the name was my only clue. I am thrilled to have this fine example and an item to study. Fred IP: Logged
Silver Lyon Posts: 363 Registered: Oct 2004	posted 11-17-2005 10:58 AM Is this too good to have been made by an amateur? When I was in school and they put anything we students had made on exhibition (in the 1960's) in order to show our proud parents that the school wasn't completely useless. The school always taped the maker's name to the underside of a piece in order to ensure that the right child gotten the right credit and thier own piece back afterwards (and fewer cross parents!). IP: Logged
FWG Posts: 845 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 11-17-2005 12:12 PM I also immediately thought of student work, although at a different level. When I was taking jewelry-making and metalsmithing courses, and pieces were submitted either for exhibits or sales, they were generally labelled that way. Some student work can be at professional level, although there often are giveaways in some details (like level of finish, evenness of thickness and raising, etc.). Students don't generally have name or mark punches, of course. IP: Logged
FWG Posts: 845 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 11-17-2005 12:21 PM I did find reference online to a Bob Minkler, jeweler in Arcata, CA, trained c.1970, but that seems rather a longshot. He seems primarily a caster, although he also does repair work. IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 11-17-2005 06:37 PM Quality is high and it could have been the work of a diligent and talented student. I will try to contact Bob Minkler in Arcata. The metals program at the university in Arcata is/was taught by David LaPlantz and it is possible that one of his students may have been Bob Minkler. I will research further. Thanks for the effort and information. Fred IP: Logged

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