Two unrelated subjects that came up.

On Ruckers roses: another option is to find a skilled artist who could make a master copy of a real Ruckers rose, which would be used to make a mold, in which one could do as they did, and cast it in either lead or some perhaps slightly less toxic and lower-melting-point eutectic alloy. I had an artist do that for me decades ago, but, alas, I’ve lost contact with him, and cannot find the mold either. He made a neoprene mold and insisted on using centrifugal casting with an alloy he called “white metal,” but I always thought a simple open-pour into something like a plaster-of-paris mold would have been easier and more effective.

On the decoration of the 1716 Donzelague:  the person who will know the answer to your question is Christopher Nobbs.

All the best,

Owen





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Salem, OR 97301
http://www.dalyharpsichords.com
(503)-362-9396

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