Tokat’s “profound fondness for silver” was prompted by what he calls “a handful of delicate Armenian artworks” that his parents had somehow managed to hold onto when they survived the Armenian genocide of 1915. Those objects lead to his research and determination to “immortalize the names of all the wonderful master craftsmen whose talent proved insufficient for saving their lives”, the craftsmen to whom the book is dedicated. This book thus commemorates the makers as well as their products and is a revised edition of an English/Armenian version published in Yerevan, Armenia in 2005.
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