[TheForge] Re: Off Topic lead vessel

[Ries Niemi]

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> Jardinier?  (sp?  I.e. pricey, usually large, flower pot) These were
> often done in lead with very intricate repousse.  A quick search on
> Google turns up ceramic ones but not lead.
>
> That guy -- the name eludes me -- who had the huge tool collection --
> anybody remember? -- did a bunch of that stuff.  Dang if I can
> remember where I have pictures.
>
>


You is thinking of Kenneth Lynch.
http://www.klynchandsons.com/
I have one of his "catalogs" from the 80's, and it has a bunch of weird 
lead vessels in it.
He was a real wild and crazy guy- a collector of arms, armor, 
blacksmithing equipment, european metalwork, and more.
Plus a shop that made and sold high end reproduction metalwork for 
mansions in the northeast.
Somebody on one of the blacksmith groups used to work there.
Lynch himself died some years ago, and most of the good stuff got 
auctioned off.

as far as a lead vase goes- this was used for a while for garden 
ornaments- it was easy to form, and rust proof, so it was used for 
fountains and other items that would get wet. As we realized how toxic 
working with lead was, and commercially available stainless, coppers, 
bronzes and aluminum came on the market, lead was used less and less 
for this kind of thing.
It kinda had its heyday in the last half of the 19th century. 
Commercial aluminum and stainless started being produced early in the 
20th century.

Besides Kenneth Lynch, the W.F. Norman Company, in Nevada Mo. might 
still do some lead stampings- they make stampings of stuff like that 
with hundred year old dies.
http://www.wfnorman.com/

ries