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ID: 300241994
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300241994

 

Record Type: concept
hallmarking (stamping (marking), <surface marking processes and techniques>, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name))

 

Note: The activity of impressing official stamps (hallmarks) onto articles of gold and silver for security and decoration. Traditionally, hallmarks have been applied manually with steel punches. Laser hallmarking is used as an alternative, in particular to avoid bruising items.
 
Terms:
hallmarking (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,VN)
hall-marking (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
hallmarked (C,U,English,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
.... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <processes and techniques by specific type>
........ <processes and techniques by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <surface marking processes and techniques>
............ <surface marking processes and techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of stamping (marking)
................ stamping (marking) (G)
Hierarchy of hallmarking
.................... hallmarking (G)

Sources and Contributors:
hallmarked............  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
hallmarking............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......................  Phillimore, Glossary of Terms Useful in Conservation (1976)
.......................  Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.......................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
hall-marking............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Corti and Holliday, Gold (2010) 208
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) accessed 10 November 2016
.......... Hill and Putland, Silversmithing (2014)

 

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