04-27-2012, 08:40 PM
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Here is an original beltplate I had up until recently that shows just how the casting was done, this one I would think was made in a two piece mold for on the reverse there is a square piece of the sprue at the centre of the plate.
The decoration was made in the lower half of the mold and the integral pins at the back would have been created as air vents when the bronze was poured.
This is of course not lost wax but more a direct method for producing plates.
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Here is an original beltplate I had up until recently that shows just how the casting was done, this one I would think was made in a two piece mold for on the reverse there is a square piece of the sprue at the centre of the plate.
The decoration was made in the lower half of the mold and the integral pins at the back would have been created as air vents when the bronze was poured.
This is of course not lost wax but more a direct method for producing plates.
Brian Stobbs
