37235
Accession Number
16353
Title Of Article Chaper
Water-casting concave-convex wax models for Cire-Perdue bronze mirrors
Title Of Journal Book
American Journal of Archaelogy
Volume
89
Pages
511-515
Publisher
American Institute for Archaeology
Publisher City
Boston
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The author considers the wax models for the lost wax casting of bronze caryatid mirrors of ancient Greece. Based on her experience with the extraction and purification of beeswax, she postulates the use of a water-casting technique to form the wax models; a concave-convex disc of wax is formed by pouring molten wax onto heated water. The author's experiments are detailed and discussed. See also AATA 7-1615 for an earlier discussion of ancient Greek caryatid mirrors. -- AATA
Keywords
Bronze lost wax casting;Bronze mirror;Beeswax;Experimental archaeology AATA
pub_id
37235