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Brass plate
« on: March 19, 2014, 03:33:28 pm »
Does anyone know what/who this is?

Thanks

mart

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2014, 04:17:39 pm »
Are you in the UK ??

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014, 07:02:51 pm »
No, I am in the u.s.

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2014, 07:07:36 pm »
First impression was a reminder of a death mask...but he looks pretty darn happy for a death mask!
I'm from the South - but please don't mistake my Southern Manners/Accent/Charm as a weakness!

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2014, 07:15:06 pm »
Reminds me of some of the toby mug faces !!  Is anything on the back of this,,a makers name or anything ??

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2014, 08:19:11 pm »
nothing on the back of it. Just looks like it was hammered out with a ball pin from the back and then the face was designed from the front side. Sorry not much help, just something that was found in an older home. Definitely looks handmade
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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2014, 02:09:47 am »
That looks to me to be cast bronze.

It looks too thick to be hand made or that's just a shadow I see.

Post a picture of the back side.

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2014, 04:16:13 pm »
Here is the back of it. It's 1/8" thick.

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2014, 05:44:42 pm »
That thick would be cast, not hammered !! Try to catch Ipcress and see if he knows that face !! It looks like one of the faces on English Toby mugs !!

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Re: Brass plate
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2014, 06:47:54 pm »
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/antique-bronze-plaque

Look through these !! There were many made,,some are known, some are not !!