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Khan Academy: An Art of Attraction: The Electrotyping Process

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In this video [3:06] Tiffany and Company's famous Bryant Vase was meticulously crafted by highly skilled artisans, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Eugene J. Soligny, who worked the silver for more than a year. Curator Ellenor Alcorn describes how Tiffany then used the fascinating nineteenth-century process of electrotyping to create presentation copies.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)