[TheForge] switchplate

[George Dixon]

Hey Dan,
First, I turn down work I don't like, regardless of the $$. 
 Absolutely......I do not have time to do all I want to, so I am 
selective about what I'll do.
Yellin had a quote: "If you want to know what God thinks about money, 
look at the type of people he gives it to".  So true today too.......

  As to the Yellin period plates; there were more done that were push 
button than toggle in the time frame you reference.  Drawings (my source 
for this statement) show the face, location of buttons and the 
decorative chase work for a given switchplate.
Process is apparent on the back of the items.  They were relieved with a 
thin fullered line and broken on a stake to achieve the beveled edge. 
The face of the plate was then planished on a beveled backer to sharpen 
the lines.  There were production, stamped versions (without the 
decorative work) sold as well.
  I doubt that hand made, chased and chiseled switchplates, cylinder 
lock covers or hinge barrels were made widely in 1925 anymore than they 
are widely made today.  But the market then, like now, had folks who 
will pay for them.  

George Dixon