Roman bronze stylus filigree I (Unit Price: 18,90 ¤ per pcs.)
Roman bronze stylus The stylus 'Stilus' is a massive, cool
writing tool from polished bronze. This is an antique writing
utensil for writing on wax tablets, crafted in very noble
fashion, made by applying the lost wax technique. The pointed
end serves for writing letters or numbers. The flattened end is
an eraser tool to smooth out the carved writing. This bronze
stylus is made very complex, using the traditional technology of
the 'lost mould'. An individual wax model is here provided for
each stylus, embedded in a mould of gypsum. The mould is heated,
so that during casting the now liquid wax can run out. The metal
is heated and cast into the hollow cavity of the gypsum mould.
Then the mould is smashed and the unfinished casting is cleaned.
Finally, the moulding blank is ground and polished glossy! The
stylus was used as a writing tool till the 1960s to inscribe
slate and wax tablets. The shape of the stylus was most of the
time round or angular,