Germany · Coppersmithing; Metal craft; Rhineland heritage
Moseler Kupferschmiedehandwerk — Weinkupfer
The coppersmithing tradition of the Moselle Valley — the production of copper wine vessels, funnels, straining equipment, and decorative cellar objects that has served the Mosel wine industry (CRAFT-1203) for centuries. The Moseler Kupferschmied reads the correct copper-sheet annealing state by the same glow-color-and-flux assessment documented for Augsburg goldsmithing (CRAFT-1190), but calibrated to the higher-thermal-conductivity behavior of copper at its specific annealing temperature, with an additional 'bluing' observation specific to copper that signals the approach to over-annealing.
Risk level: Endangered · Not listed
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