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~ Daily Evening Herald and Commercial Advertiser, June 17, 1835
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~ Ladies’ Home Journal, December 1903
“The term pyrography was originally made by the Victorians from the Greek words pur - meaning ‘fire’ and graphos meaning ‘writing’ It was also known as ‘poker work’. A typical Victorian pyrography tool kit comprised a portable charcoal pot or stove, perforated all the way round the top by a series of holes into which pointed pokers with varying shaped ends were inserted for heating in the hot charcoal. Towards the end of the Victorian era, gas and electrical stoves were used along with platinum tipped pokers.” - Hillside Crafts
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