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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Miscstuff, post: 271299, member: 1331&quot;]Meet Bert and Ernie my two cherubs. Had some fun trying to figure out what this was made of. First clue was some casting lines on the toes suggested a resin cast. Then the chip on the back exposed a yellow/brown colouration which seems to confirm a resin cast. The base had me confused for a while as it seemed to be some kind of spelter yet underneath it almost looked like concrete with the white coating on it. The grinding marks on the feet have convinced me it is a cast metal with a coating. The round ring on top of the base sounds a bit like wood and may explain how they put it together. It is a heavy little sucker at 8.1Kg and is 54.5cm high. It sits on a fairly ornate one metre pedestal that weigh 14kgs. Might be the same construction as Bert and Ernie although the top is wood (I think). Came with some other stuff from an auction house that specialises in mainly estates but that&#039;s no guarantee of age so I&#039;m thinking eighties or nineties maybe. Could be newer. Don&#039;t think I&#039;ll sell it as the cost of engineering a box to ship it would probably out weigh its value. As there are no screws or bolts anywhere do you think I&#039;m right about wood in the middle being used to fix the cast to the base?</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]85755[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85756[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85757[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85758[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85759[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85760[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85761[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85762[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]85763[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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