Hi everyone,
Many thanks to Maciej Lose for an off-list reply with these links which
fully answer my questions: gnomon and dial cast were together using
multipart molds for easy removal.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/8028
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/8028
Also, thanks to Fred Sawyer for answer on the list:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Goldsmith_Chandlee_Sundial_Maker_Setting/iKfIDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=goldsmith+chandlee&printsec=frontcover
<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.
Cheers,
Steve
On 2021-10-24 1:21 p.m., Steve Lelievre wrote:
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?
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