[Jewelry making - Article 00617] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler's jokes anyone?

[Richard Hart]

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    This not a joke. I was told 30 years ago what was supposed to be a
    historical fact. 	The reason the number 13 was unlucky is that in
    the days of old, when only royalty could wear jewelry, penalty death,
    if there was a special commission and they needed more help, they
    would train however many over the 12 person crew normally used, when
    the job was done, any trained 	help over 12 were put to death. I was
    also told that in ancient times, to make a statue it was believed
    that a slave had straws put in their nose, they were packed in clay,
    burned out, bronze poured, = statue. A wax carver in Italy saw
    statues with detail, hair, that could not be done by carving. 



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