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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9566068, member: 56"]I don't think it's going to be alabaster with that plug in the bottom. It looks cast and the hole suggests slip cast. I'm wondering if it might be cast plaster filled with paraffin to give it some strength and substance. Plaster is porous, so if it was filled with liquid wax, that might permeate the plaster shell and result in a waxy feel. But that's just conjecture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 9566068, member: 56"]I don't think it's going to be alabaster with that plug in the bottom. It looks cast and the hole suggests slip cast. I'm wondering if it might be cast plaster filled with paraffin to give it some strength and substance. Plaster is porous, so if it was filled with liquid wax, that might permeate the plaster shell and result in a waxy feel. But that's just conjecture.[/QUOTE]
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