- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wax model of a bird, for making lost wax casts of brass weights. [SM (Verve) 07/10/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1889?, uncertain
- Date collected
- ?By 1889
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 11/1889, uncertain Found unentered: 2014
- Materials and processes
- Material Wax, Process Lost Wax Cast, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 36 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2014.92.1
Search terms: Technique, Metallurgy, Figure, Model, Mould, Weight, Bird Figure
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