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Happy #NationalCoffeeDay! As aviation became more commercial in the 1930s and airlines began competing with rail and steamship companies, formal coffee and tea services were introduced with objects of silver and fine china to woo passengers into choosing to fly.
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Tiffany & Company was America’s most distinguished artistic goods manufacturer and one of the first to adopt Japanese-influenced decoration, which was lauded as far as Europe and Japan.
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Tara Coomber hand-raised many of Martyn Pugh’s designs from 1999 to 2004.
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Japan’s outstanding metallurgy inspired Western silver manufacturers to reconsider their design and production processes.
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By the late 1930s, toasters were redesigned with clean, curved housings reminiscent of streamlined train cars.
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Martyn Pugh is a designer-silversmith who is known for creating modern forms with graceful and flowing lines.
This image was posted on December 28, 2018.
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"I see my work as a continual exploration into the possibilities within the technique of enameling and indulging the wonderful range of colors available to me.
This image was posted on November 14, 2018.
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