Plaque
ca. 1900 (made)
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These plaques imitate those once used to form the sides of a casket or box. They were made in around 1900 and were decorated by etching, a technique popular in Germany during the 16th century for decorating steel locks and armour. With etching, the craftsman covers a piece of metal with an acid-resisting substance such as wax, then scrapes a design with a sharp tool and immerses the metal sheet in acid. The exposed metal corrodes, revealing the design.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Rolled and etched steel |
| Brief description | Etched steel plaques from a casket decorated with foliage and people in expensive costume, Russia, about 1900 |
| Physical description | Various sizes of plaque from the sides, ends and top of a casket. |
| Object history | Register states that the plaques were 'acquired in Brussels in 1910'. These resemble etched steel plates that were being produced in Nuremberg around 1580. |
| Summary | These plaques imitate those once used to form the sides of a casket or box. They were made in around 1900 and were decorated by etching, a technique popular in Germany during the 16th century for decorating steel locks and armour. With etching, the craftsman covers a piece of metal with an acid-resisting substance such as wax, then scrapes a design with a sharp tool and immerses the metal sheet in acid. The exposed metal corrodes, revealing the design. |
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| Accession number | M.120 to D-1929 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2008 |
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