[Jewelry making - Article 00069] - Re: [Orchid] Why Rhode Island?

[Steve Guyot]

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>     In 1798 Nehemiah Dodge began producing the nation's first cheap
>     jewelry thus making Providence RI the American birthplace of the
>     costume jewelry industry.

    Dodge was able to do this because he had developed a workable
    process of bonding gold to copper and other base metals producing the
    predecessor of what is known today as rolled gold plate or gold
    filled. The Providence Jewelry Museum
    http://www.providencejewelrymuseum.com/ has some interesting material
    for sale on this subject. 

Steve Guyot
Guyot Brothers Co Inc
Decorative jewelry findings & ornamental stampings since 1904
http://guyotbrothers.com


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