III · The Workshop Census
Plate 07 / 12
The takeaway
The hammer outlasts the hand —
but only if the
apprentice stays
.
Master silversmiths · Kompong Luong
11
remaining repoussé workshops, 2024
−72% since 1968
Active hammered-silver workshops
by decade · provincial register
0
15
30
45
39
42
40
21
14
11
1920s
1940s
1960s
1980s
2000s
2020s
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