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<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 224830, member: 3974"]Picked this up at a second hand store. Gilt but a lot of the gilt covered with gunk or flaked off. Not sure what's under the gilt - don't know if it's gesso on wood. It's light...could be pine I suppose. When I tap on it it's kind a dull thud - not really metallic but I suppose it could be spelter? Having a hard time determining what it's made of. There is a small chip on her hair on the left side...which when i look at it under magnification looks like tiny whitish quartz like granules. She's about 20" tall - and has two holes in her back - the purpose of which befuddles me.</p><p><br /></p><p>~</p><p>[ATTACH=full]66996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66999[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]66990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 224830, member: 3974"]Picked this up at a second hand store. Gilt but a lot of the gilt covered with gunk or flaked off. Not sure what's under the gilt - don't know if it's gesso on wood. It's light...could be pine I suppose. When I tap on it it's kind a dull thud - not really metallic but I suppose it could be spelter? Having a hard time determining what it's made of. There is a small chip on her hair on the left side...which when i look at it under magnification looks like tiny whitish quartz like granules. She's about 20" tall - and has two holes in her back - the purpose of which befuddles me. ~ [ATTACH=full]66996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]66995[/ATTACH] ~[/QUOTE]
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