Silvering was put on the mirror chemically, typically by the mirror maker or user.
'You're the mirror maker.'
But a team of mirror makers under the direction of Dr. Angel at the University of Arizona has devised a much faster and cheaper method.
The legal case against the mirror makers is being developed by the commercial litigation branch of the Justice Department's civil division, which is headed by Michael Hertz.
His birth name was Tokitarō, and he was the son of a mirror maker to the shōgun.
Since the 1950s most mirror makers have an aluminum coating applied by a thin-film deposition process (work that has to be done by a firm specializing in the process).
Today's beveled mirrors usually look perfect, and there's not a lot a mirror maker can do to make beveling look old.
That man, Fukuda, leads a peaceful life as a mirror maker under the name of Uncle Foo.
They made most of their money from making and supplying stannous chloride for mirror makers, delivering the unstable chemical by bicycle across the city.
The stonemasons almost all lived in the San Giovanni district and most belonged to the Opera del Duomo, as did the mirror makers and enamellers.