Steve, See the book at:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Goldsmith_Chandlee_Sundial_Maker_Setting/iKfIDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=goldsmith+chandlee&printsec=frontcover P.15 shows a photo of the brass mold used to make pewter dials. Fred On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 3:22 PM Steve Lelievre < steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My questions relate to the mass-produced cast pewter dials that were > apparently commonplace in 18th and 19th century in North America. A 1762 > example is shown at > > https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-50fb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99# > > Were these dials normally cast as a single piece, as opposed to, for > example, the dial face and gnomon being cast separately and then > soldered together? Are any molds known to have survived? If so, where held? > > Sunny days, > > Steve > > > ///workers.exist.lookout > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > -- Fred Sawyer ///paused.notify.dial
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