Item Information
Title: Handwrought Silver
Date: 1948
Physical Details: 1 film reel ; 25 min., 34 sec.
Description: Film has flickering and varying image quality. Film has mono sound of varying quality, muffled speech and background music. Film includes no title. Content description reads "This is the story of the raising of a single silver bowl... It is a story of good design and craftsmanship..." Film was produced by Science Pictures for Handy & Harman with consulting from silversmith Margret Craver and craftsman William E. Bennett. Bennett makes a silver bowl, and he is the only person included in the film. Film was directed by Ralph Graeter and narrated by Paul Killiam. Date is based on noted edge code: KODACHROME SAFETY FILM CIRCLE CIRCLE CIRCLE (1948). Notes copied from the film case: Handwrought Silver (copy 2). Head title: "Science Pictures Presents: Handwrought Silver"
Creator: Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-2010
Forms part of: Margret Craver Withers papers, 1908-2016
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Margret Craver Withers. Handwrought Silver, 1948. Margret Craver Withers papers, 1908-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 26492