He began his career as an apprentice to a tool and dye maker in Milan, but decided to turn his metalworking skills to make spectacle parts.
An 18th-century three-clawed iron dragon, its back arched, its tail blade sharp, is a fully articulated tour de force of metalworking skill almost two feet long.
Virtually unknown until its recent sale, the jug gives scholars the important opportunity to research into Medieval metalworking skills and expertise.
The 22-inch-tall tour de force of metalworking skills is the only known surviving example of such a table decoration.
It was shown that the guns could be converted back to select fire, although one required a reasonable knowledge, metalworking skill, and access to the right machinery.
The first records of flea performances were from watchmakers who were demonstrating their metalworking skills.
The sun struck starry highlights from the products of Revere's metalworking skill.
Construction of the Mk 26 requires metalworking skills and tools and makes extensive use of pop rivets.
Father and sons learned metalworking skills to keep the hacienda running and worked with carpenters to make and repair furniture.
But no one remembers who developed the metalworking skills, designed the first caravan, made the first crossbow.