THE PENNSYLVANIA WATCH CASE Co.
York, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Watch Case Co., of York, Pa., has been purchased by J. R. Wood & Sons of Newark, N. J., who will move the plant to that city. It will be located in the Rosenbaum Bldg., at Broad and Aster Sts. The manufacture of gold filled watch cases will be carried on as before.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - June 1912
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FRED A. SCHLOSSTEIN
Newark, New Jersey
Fred A. Schlosstein, of Schlosstein and Company, manufacturing jewelers, died at 248 Mt. Pleasant avenue. He was in business here since 1882. He left no will and all the property goes to the widow.
Source: The Metal Industry - May 1911
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Newark, New Jersey
Fred A. Schlosstein, of Schlosstein and Company, manufacturing jewelers, died at 248 Mt. Pleasant avenue. He was in business here since 1882. He left no will and all the property goes to the widow.
Source: The Metal Industry - May 1911
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F. & M. WEINTRAUB & Co. INCORPORATED
New York
F. & M. Weintraub & Co. is the name of a corporation which has filed papers under the laws of the State of New York to manufacture silverplated ware, etc. The capital is placed at $5,000, and the incorporators named in the papers are Isadore Schwertzer, 349 Central Park West; Fred Weintraub, 1229 Park Ave., and Morris Weintraub, 90th St. and Lexington Ave., all of New York City.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th October 1911
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New York
F. & M. Weintraub & Co. is the name of a corporation which has filed papers under the laws of the State of New York to manufacture silverplated ware, etc. The capital is placed at $5,000, and the incorporators named in the papers are Isadore Schwertzer, 349 Central Park West; Fred Weintraub, 1229 Park Ave., and Morris Weintraub, 90th St. and Lexington Ave., all of New York City.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th October 1911
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WILLIAM F. SHIEBLER
New York
Obituary
Mr. William F. Shiebler, a Maiden Lane jeweler in New York, died at his home in Brooklyn on Nov. 13. Mr. Shiebler was formerly a telegraph operator in Washington. He received at Washington the first message which came over the first Atlantic cable laid between this country and Europe, and delivered it in person to President Buchanan at the White House, to whom it was addressed. He served as an operator in and about Washington all through the war. In 1870 he retired from the telegraph business to enter the firm of George W. Shiebler & Co., jewelers and silversmiths. He was a member of the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association, and was one of the four or five surviving operators in the country who worked the old House instruments. Mr. Shiebler was 66 years of age, and is survived by his widow and four children.
Source: Electrical World - 23rd November 1907
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New York
Obituary
Mr. William F. Shiebler, a Maiden Lane jeweler in New York, died at his home in Brooklyn on Nov. 13. Mr. Shiebler was formerly a telegraph operator in Washington. He received at Washington the first message which came over the first Atlantic cable laid between this country and Europe, and delivered it in person to President Buchanan at the White House, to whom it was addressed. He served as an operator in and about Washington all through the war. In 1870 he retired from the telegraph business to enter the firm of George W. Shiebler & Co., jewelers and silversmiths. He was a member of the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association, and was one of the four or five surviving operators in the country who worked the old House instruments. Mr. Shiebler was 66 years of age, and is survived by his widow and four children.
Source: Electrical World - 23rd November 1907
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JAMES MORTIMER GARRARD
London
Obituary
James M. Garrard.—Mr. J. M. Garrard, the senior partner of the eminent firm of Garrard and Co., who died on March 3rd last, was a member of the Society of Arts since 1895. The Swiney cup was made by his firm, from the designs of Daniel Maclise, R.A., and when, in 1894, a prize was offered by the Council for a new design, Mr. Garrard assisted the committee with his valuable advice. Mr. Garrard was born on December 26th, 1834, and was apprenticed to the firm of R. and S. Garrard and Co. in the year 1849. Through life he was distinguished by his practical knowledge of the trade, and by his keen appreciation of good workmanship, and of the artistic side of his profession. He was esteemed a specially expert judge of antique plate. In 1896-97, he was Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, and on the establishment of the Nicholson Charity, in 1888, he was appointed one of the first Trustees by the Charity Commissioners. He was also Trustee of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution, President of the Silver Trade Pension Society, and an active worker for most of the charities connected with the craft of gold and silversmiths. He was also an arbitrator of the London Chamber of Commerce.
Source: Journal of the Society of Arts - 25th May 1900
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London
Obituary
James M. Garrard.—Mr. J. M. Garrard, the senior partner of the eminent firm of Garrard and Co., who died on March 3rd last, was a member of the Society of Arts since 1895. The Swiney cup was made by his firm, from the designs of Daniel Maclise, R.A., and when, in 1894, a prize was offered by the Council for a new design, Mr. Garrard assisted the committee with his valuable advice. Mr. Garrard was born on December 26th, 1834, and was apprenticed to the firm of R. and S. Garrard and Co. in the year 1849. Through life he was distinguished by his practical knowledge of the trade, and by his keen appreciation of good workmanship, and of the artistic side of his profession. He was esteemed a specially expert judge of antique plate. In 1896-97, he was Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, and on the establishment of the Nicholson Charity, in 1888, he was appointed one of the first Trustees by the Charity Commissioners. He was also Trustee of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution, President of the Silver Trade Pension Society, and an active worker for most of the charities connected with the craft of gold and silversmiths. He was also an arbitrator of the London Chamber of Commerce.
Source: Journal of the Society of Arts - 25th May 1900
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THE VISIT OF PRINCE LEOPOLD
Sheffield
On Tuesday Prince Leopold visited several of the leading Sheffield works. At Messrs. Thomas Firth and Sons his Royal Highness saw an ingot cast for a gun. At Messrs. Cammell and Co.'s he witnessed the rolling of an amour plate, and afterwards inspected the cutlery and silver plating process at Messrs. Joseph Rodgers and Sons and Messrs. James Dixon and Sons.
Source: The Western Mail - 22nd October 1879
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Sheffield
On Tuesday Prince Leopold visited several of the leading Sheffield works. At Messrs. Thomas Firth and Sons his Royal Highness saw an ingot cast for a gun. At Messrs. Cammell and Co.'s he witnessed the rolling of an amour plate, and afterwards inspected the cutlery and silver plating process at Messrs. Joseph Rodgers and Sons and Messrs. James Dixon and Sons.
Source: The Western Mail - 22nd October 1879
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FRANK GARDNER HALE
Boston, Massachusetts
Exhibits of architectural and jewelry designing at the Rhode Island School of Design were opened the past week, both collections possessing great interest and merit. In the Japanese gallery of the museum has been placed the jewelry designed and made by Frank Gardiner Hale, of Boston. Those who saw Mr. Hale’s previous exhibit will gladly renew their delight in his wonderful color combinations obtained by the use of precious stones and semi-precious stones, together with metal work in gold and silver. This year’s collection shows even greater variety of design and unusual combinations. There are exquisitely wrought silver chains, pendants, brooches, rings and scarfpins, set with such jewels as chrysoprase, azurite-malachite, lapis lazuli, garnets, rubies, tourmalines, Mexican opals, chalcedony, jade, olivines, yellow sapphires, pearls and diamonds. A list of these reads like the description of the walls of the New Jerusalem, and the jewels themselves are a revelation in color combinations. There is a silver chain set with great moonstones like bits of captured colored moonlight ; a ring set with a pink tourmaline surrounded by diamonds and olivines, which is an exquisite combination of unusual richness, and there is a curious ring set with an opal matrix; pendant set with Spanish sapphires ; another set with lapis lazuli and turquoise, and other unusual and beautiful combinations.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th May 1909
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Boston, Massachusetts
Exhibits of architectural and jewelry designing at the Rhode Island School of Design were opened the past week, both collections possessing great interest and merit. In the Japanese gallery of the museum has been placed the jewelry designed and made by Frank Gardiner Hale, of Boston. Those who saw Mr. Hale’s previous exhibit will gladly renew their delight in his wonderful color combinations obtained by the use of precious stones and semi-precious stones, together with metal work in gold and silver. This year’s collection shows even greater variety of design and unusual combinations. There are exquisitely wrought silver chains, pendants, brooches, rings and scarfpins, set with such jewels as chrysoprase, azurite-malachite, lapis lazuli, garnets, rubies, tourmalines, Mexican opals, chalcedony, jade, olivines, yellow sapphires, pearls and diamonds. A list of these reads like the description of the walls of the New Jerusalem, and the jewels themselves are a revelation in color combinations. There is a silver chain set with great moonstones like bits of captured colored moonlight ; a ring set with a pink tourmaline surrounded by diamonds and olivines, which is an exquisite combination of unusual richness, and there is a curious ring set with an opal matrix; pendant set with Spanish sapphires ; another set with lapis lazuli and turquoise, and other unusual and beautiful combinations.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th May 1909
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SILVER PLATE CUTLERY Co.
Derby, Connecticut
Factory of the Derby Silver Plate Cutlery Co. was destroyed by fire. Loss, $60,000.
Source: Engineering News - 7th April 1904
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Derby, Connecticut
Factory of the Derby Silver Plate Cutlery Co. was destroyed by fire. Loss, $60,000.
Source: Engineering News - 7th April 1904
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THE WESTERLY JEWELRY MFG. & ENGRAVING Co.
Westerly, Rhode Island
The Westerly Jewelry Mfg. & Engraving Co., recently organized at 39½ Clark St., Westerly, R. I., announce that they are manufacturing a line of cuff-pins, collar-pins, belt-pins, bracelets and neck chains and not scarf-pins as at first announced.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - November 1909
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Westerly, Rhode Island
The Westerly Jewelry Mfg. & Engraving Co., recently organized at 39½ Clark St., Westerly, R. I., announce that they are manufacturing a line of cuff-pins, collar-pins, belt-pins, bracelets and neck chains and not scarf-pins as at first announced.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - November 1909
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THE S.O. BIGNEY COMPANY
Attleboro, Massachusetts
The S. O. Bigney Company, a corporation constituted for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture and sale of jewelry and all business incidental thereto, has been granted a charter under the laws of Rhode Island by J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State. The incorporators are Sidney O. Bigney and Augusta B. Brundage, both of Attleboro, Mass, and Harold O. Bigney, of Providence. The main office of the concern will be located in Providence, but the manufacturing plant will be located in Attleboro. The capital stock is $300,000.
Source: The Metal Industry - July 1912
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Attleboro, Massachusetts
The S. O. Bigney Company, a corporation constituted for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture and sale of jewelry and all business incidental thereto, has been granted a charter under the laws of Rhode Island by J. Fred Parker, Secretary of State. The incorporators are Sidney O. Bigney and Augusta B. Brundage, both of Attleboro, Mass, and Harold O. Bigney, of Providence. The main office of the concern will be located in Providence, but the manufacturing plant will be located in Attleboro. The capital stock is $300,000.
Source: The Metal Industry - July 1912
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WILCOX SILVER PLATE Co.
Meriden, Connecticut
A 20 horse-power engine is being put into the plating room at the Wilcox Silver Plate Co.’s factory, Meriden, in order to have this department independent of the others at the works. This plan is being pursued by all the leading silver plate factories in the country. By having this department divorced from the other rooms it gives it the privilege of running when the rest of the power is idle, and far better results can be obtained therefrom.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 24th July 1895
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Meriden, Connecticut
A 20 horse-power engine is being put into the plating room at the Wilcox Silver Plate Co.’s factory, Meriden, in order to have this department independent of the others at the works. This plan is being pursued by all the leading silver plate factories in the country. By having this department divorced from the other rooms it gives it the privilege of running when the rest of the power is idle, and far better results can be obtained therefrom.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 24th July 1895
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ROGER WILLIAMS SILVER Co.
Providence, Rhode Island
The Williams Silver Co. are planning to remove their factory from Providence, R.I. to Mount Vernon, N.Y. where a factory is in the process of erection.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - February 1914
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Providence, Rhode Island
The Williams Silver Co. are planning to remove their factory from Providence, R.I. to Mount Vernon, N.Y. where a factory is in the process of erection.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - February 1914
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BRITISH HALLMARK NO LONGER RECOGNISED
Australia
Some concern has been caused among Birmingham jewelers by a new regulation which is to come into effect on July 1 next under the Australian Commonwealth. The regulation provides that henceforward the assay mark on jewelry shall be considered to indicate the quality of the complete article, inclusive of solder, but exclusive of pins, catches and joints. Subject to these conditions, jewelry imported must assay within one-quarter-carat remedy of the Assay Mark. Otherwise the importation will be treated as "incorrectly described." In regard to importations up to the 30 of June next, the margin of remedy will be allowed to the extent of ¾ carat. The Customs Department cannot recognize the British Hall Mark on jewelry as final, since it is frequently applied to partly made goods. Goods which no not comply with these conditions will be mutilated and confiscated, or, even under the most favorable circumstances, mutilated and returned to the manufacturer.
Source: The Metal Industry - June 1908
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Australia
Some concern has been caused among Birmingham jewelers by a new regulation which is to come into effect on July 1 next under the Australian Commonwealth. The regulation provides that henceforward the assay mark on jewelry shall be considered to indicate the quality of the complete article, inclusive of solder, but exclusive of pins, catches and joints. Subject to these conditions, jewelry imported must assay within one-quarter-carat remedy of the Assay Mark. Otherwise the importation will be treated as "incorrectly described." In regard to importations up to the 30 of June next, the margin of remedy will be allowed to the extent of ¾ carat. The Customs Department cannot recognize the British Hall Mark on jewelry as final, since it is frequently applied to partly made goods. Goods which no not comply with these conditions will be mutilated and confiscated, or, even under the most favorable circumstances, mutilated and returned to the manufacturer.
Source: The Metal Industry - June 1908
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£10,000 FOR CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
London
The Goldsmiths' Company has decided to grant £10,000 to Cambridge University for the purpose of endowing a readership in metallurgy.
Source: Evening Express - 18th March 1908
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London
The Goldsmiths' Company has decided to grant £10,000 to Cambridge University for the purpose of endowing a readership in metallurgy.
Source: Evening Express - 18th March 1908
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FREEDOM CASKET FOR FRENCH PRESIDENT
London
The design for the Casket to be presented by tie City Corporation to M. Poincare, president of the French Republic on the occasion of his receiving the Freedom of the City has now been accepted. The Casket is to be of eighteen carat gold, and the gift which will be an artistic example of the Goldsmiths Art, has been designed and will be executed by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., Ltd., 112, Regent-street London.
Source: The Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers' Gazette - 17th October 1919
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London
The design for the Casket to be presented by tie City Corporation to M. Poincare, president of the French Republic on the occasion of his receiving the Freedom of the City has now been accepted. The Casket is to be of eighteen carat gold, and the gift which will be an artistic example of the Goldsmiths Art, has been designed and will be executed by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., Ltd., 112, Regent-street London.
Source: The Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers' Gazette - 17th October 1919
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TOULMIN & GALE
London
Messrs. Toulmin & Gale, dressing-case manufacturers, will remove from Cornhill to 84, Cheapside, at the end of September.
Source: The Furniture Gazette - 4th September 1880
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London
Messrs. Toulmin & Gale, dressing-case manufacturers, will remove from Cornhill to 84, Cheapside, at the end of September.
Source: The Furniture Gazette - 4th September 1880
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JAMES H. KELLEY
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, R. I., Nov. 3.—James H. Kelley, for many years a practical journeyman, benchhand and later manufacturing jeweler in the Attleboros and this city, died at his home, 5 Homestead Ave., last Tuesday, in his 61st year, following an illness resulting from an attack of pneumonia about a year ago. He was next to the oldest of 17 children of Luke and Mary Kelley, 14 of whom, seven brothers and seven sisters, are now living.
Mr. Kelley was born in this city March 4, 1857, and after a common school education went to Plainville where he learned his trade as a jeweler. After finishing his apprenticeship he returned to this city and worked for Waite-Thresher Co. and Potter & Buffinton Co. He then entered the employ of R. L. Moorhead & Co., first as a designer, then as a foreman and for some ten years had a working interest in the profits of the business. In 1908 he severed his connection with that concern and in September, 1909, started in business for himself at 283 Thurbers Ave., removing to larger quarters at 53 Warren St. on March 1, 1910, at which time he adopted the firm style of James H. Kelley & Co.
On Sept. 1, 1914, he took R. K. Upham into the concern and the firm name was changed to Kelley & Upham Co. This partnership was dissolved in May, 1915, when Mr. Kelley removed to 203 Cranston St., taking again the name of James H. Kelley & Co., and conducting a small manufacturing and retail jewelry business. He gave up business in Feb., 1916, entering shortly afterward the employment of T. Quayle & Co., in this city, where he was employed at the time of his death.
He was married in South Attleboro, Mass., 35 years ago, to Catherine Sullivan, who, with two daughters, survive. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of the Church of the Assumption.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th November 1917
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Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, R. I., Nov. 3.—James H. Kelley, for many years a practical journeyman, benchhand and later manufacturing jeweler in the Attleboros and this city, died at his home, 5 Homestead Ave., last Tuesday, in his 61st year, following an illness resulting from an attack of pneumonia about a year ago. He was next to the oldest of 17 children of Luke and Mary Kelley, 14 of whom, seven brothers and seven sisters, are now living.
Mr. Kelley was born in this city March 4, 1857, and after a common school education went to Plainville where he learned his trade as a jeweler. After finishing his apprenticeship he returned to this city and worked for Waite-Thresher Co. and Potter & Buffinton Co. He then entered the employ of R. L. Moorhead & Co., first as a designer, then as a foreman and for some ten years had a working interest in the profits of the business. In 1908 he severed his connection with that concern and in September, 1909, started in business for himself at 283 Thurbers Ave., removing to larger quarters at 53 Warren St. on March 1, 1910, at which time he adopted the firm style of James H. Kelley & Co.
On Sept. 1, 1914, he took R. K. Upham into the concern and the firm name was changed to Kelley & Upham Co. This partnership was dissolved in May, 1915, when Mr. Kelley removed to 203 Cranston St., taking again the name of James H. Kelley & Co., and conducting a small manufacturing and retail jewelry business. He gave up business in Feb., 1916, entering shortly afterward the employment of T. Quayle & Co., in this city, where he was employed at the time of his death.
He was married in South Attleboro, Mass., 35 years ago, to Catherine Sullivan, who, with two daughters, survive. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of the Church of the Assumption.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th November 1917
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KEYSTONE SILVER Co.
Philadelphia
The Keystone Silver Company, of 733 Sansom street, are getting out a new line of sterling silver hollow ware and novelties. Willard E. Heisley and Matthias Southeimer now have charge of the factory.
Source: The Metal Industry - September 1914
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Philadelphia
The Keystone Silver Company, of 733 Sansom street, are getting out a new line of sterling silver hollow ware and novelties. Willard E. Heisley and Matthias Southeimer now have charge of the factory.
Source: The Metal Industry - September 1914
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THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY
London
The Goldsmiths' Company - famous for its liberal contributions to educational and other objects - has just made a notable donation of £5,000 towards the expense of producing the sixth volume of the new English Dictionary, which is being produced under the editorship of Sir J. Murray. The volume will be dedicated by the editors to the Goldsmiths' Company in recognition of its generosity.
Source: Evening Express - 15th October 1908
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London
The Goldsmiths' Company - famous for its liberal contributions to educational and other objects - has just made a notable donation of £5,000 towards the expense of producing the sixth volume of the new English Dictionary, which is being produced under the editorship of Sir J. Murray. The volume will be dedicated by the editors to the Goldsmiths' Company in recognition of its generosity.
Source: Evening Express - 15th October 1908
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PRESENTATION SWORDS
London
The London Press Exchange, Ltd., has issued an artistic souvenir of the presentation of swords of honour by the City of London to Admiral Beatty and Sir Douglas Haigh. The swords were elegantly manufactured by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, Ltd.
Source: The Cambrian News - 27th June 1919
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London
The London Press Exchange, Ltd., has issued an artistic souvenir of the presentation of swords of honour by the City of London to Admiral Beatty and Sir Douglas Haigh. The swords were elegantly manufactured by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, Ltd.
Source: The Cambrian News - 27th June 1919
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