tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post375280349911180431..comments2024-03-27T00:38:57.402+00:00Comments on Small Scale World: T is for TerracottaHugh Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-6221059596570722082013-03-17T00:47:06.373+00:002013-03-17T00:47:06.373+00:00Fascinating Giano, thanks for that...more research...Fascinating Giano, thanks for that...more research required, me thinks!<br /><br />We have a tradition of plaster Christmas Tree decorations which were the 'poor man's bisque', but they must have had longer lasting or more robust (probably vulcanised rubber?) moulds, as there are many common versions/poses.<br /><br />HughHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-2624118640405592212013-03-17T00:26:56.231+00:002013-03-17T00:26:56.231+00:00Interesting find! the first figures remind me of t...Interesting find! the first figures remind me of the clay figures my grand-grand father made for the Nativity. He made plaster moulds and then used them to make clay figurines. He painted them all but didn't cook the clay so only few survive today, and most have lost their colouring. Unluckily no plaster mould survived.<br />That makes me think the marsouines may be from a very very short runGianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259343468686015895noreply@blogger.com