The article is by Daniel Belasco, the Henry J. Leir Associate Curator of The Jewish Museum, New York. It was first published in Metalsmith magazine, Vol.31 No. 3, the art journal from the Society of North American Goldsmiths, the premier association of artists, jewelers, designers and metalsmiths.
Find the entire, original article at http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/ .docs/pg/10626