Lynn Zelesnikar’s job is her hobby – and vice versa. When she’s not fashioning 18th-century style silver pieces for Colonial Williamsburg, she’s at home doing pretty much the same, just in more modern ...

When Zelesnikar is not at work, she is at home engraving, designing and making jewelry. Lynn Zelesnikar, a journeyman hand engraver, works on a piece at the silversmith shop of Colonial Williamsburg ...

Jimmy Curtis was sweeping off the steps of Colonial Williamsburg’s Golden Ball Silversmith Shop when a man and his teen-age son came jogging by. It was about 8 a.m. and Curtis’ shop wasn’t open yet ...

In 1660, a chalice and paten were made by a London silversmith and shipped to the Jamestown Church. The chalice, or cup, held wine for communion. The paten, or plate, was for the bread. The communion ...

One of the gallery highlights during the Museum of Fine Arts' celebration of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, on Wednesday is a pair of handcrafted Colonial-era silver adornments for a Torah ...