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icedgold10

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Gilt Bronze or brass?
« on: March 03, 2014, 02:16:36 pm »
I can't tell if this is a gilt bronze or brass???
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frogpatch

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Re: Gilt Bronze or brass?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2014, 03:02:31 pm »
If they did gild the inside and the feet there would be wear on the feet from abrasion. It looks like brass to me because the color is so even. What is it anyway?
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Re: Gilt Bronze or brass?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2014, 06:54:30 pm »
You can actually see brush markings on the bottom of the feet.  It is a Fu Dog lion.
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Re: Gilt Bronze or brass?
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2014, 02:57:27 pm »
I am bumping this up for others to see.
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Re: Gilt Bronze or brass?
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2014, 04:54:46 pm »
thank you Frogpatch!  Here is another pic.
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