[Bell Historians] c1280 Clock bell at Sonning

[David Willis]

I was well caught out there . I would naturally assume it was cast by lost wax .
Latin I dare say .
 
David

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Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] c1280 Clock bell at Sonning
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Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 11:04 PM











“They were formed by the "cire perdue" process but I dont know what that is .”
Lost wax. The mould will have been made using a model of the bell, either made entirely of wax of or sand or loam with the inscription formed using wax. Current English founders generally make the moulds using a strickle and stamping the inscription into the inside of the cope, but the lost wax method is still in use on the continent – I believe Eijsbouts use it.
 
David 
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