Lettering gravers - See what this guy used

Sam

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I rescued this silver plate from the scrap pile years ago, and it's a really nice example of engraved lettering from the 1950's. The size is approximately 3-3/4" x 2-1/4" (9.5cm x 5.7cm).

As you can see, the engraver used a square (or other v-shaped graver), liners, and a round graver. The signatures at the bottom are called facsimile signatures and hand engravers were often called upon to cut them.

This is a clean, professional layout with nice execution. I would liked to have met this engraver. / ~Sam
 

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Mike Cirelli

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That is a nice example. I look for for this kind of stuff in antique places and seem to find nothing but junk a lot of old Chinese and Japanese engraving. We have some great antique stores around here. I haven't had time lately but can't wait to hit a few after Christmas.
Mike
 

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Those plates look great. Thanks for Posting these pictures Sam. It certainly is helpful to be able to see this kind of work with good pictures.
 

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Sam,
Any Ideas on how they transfered the patterns and signatures to the plate?
 

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I'm guessing most of it was hand drawn except for the signatures. The engraver could have used transfer wax on thet back side of a piece of paper which had been signed, and then traced the signature leaving a wax impression. Not sure, though.
 

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Lettering graver chisel

Hello,
Here are some pics of the lettering chisel one of my teacher sharpen by hand at school. This teacher is Jean-Marie Florent and he does a lot of jewlery engraving. The chisel is supposed to be mirror polish, I used it on brass plate and gold.
Best regards.
Francis Heuse
 

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jimzim75

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Old School lettering

Hi,
This is engraving from London, Ontario, Canada. I thought, it's a neat job.
The engraver who most likely trained in England and came over to
Canada to make a living. It seem like a lot them did it that way.

I seen a lot of these name plates still on the painting, in the halls
the 5 hospitals that are in London. London is regional Medical center
in Ontario, that's why so many hospitals.

This engraver did a lot of work. If you look closely I think he used a
round graver to do the body of the letters and then finished with a
wiggle cut. I would most likely think he did the tip last.

The jewellery that has come across my bench, has a really nice
script.
 

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Another good example of lettering from long ago. He cut some really strong serifs, didn't he? Thanks for posting this, Jim. / ~Sam
 

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