NAME: Jef Palframan and Giulia Chiostrini
DATE AND TIME:
LOCATION: Chandler Hall 260, Columbia University - New York, NY
SUBJECT: Annotation Experimentation - 80v: Casters of Small Tin Things

• Conditions:
  • Approx. 67°, no air movement, 45% humidity.
• Equipment:
  • Needle Precision Files:
  • Power Drill: Plastic. Not early modern. Used to mix the plaster of paris and pour into the clay moldings. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • : Used to move the clay casings around the lab sue to space limitations. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Rolling Pin: Used to manipulate modeling clay. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Linen: Used to roll out modeling clay. No anticipated effect on authenticity.
  • Painting Knife: Used to manipulate modeling clay. No anticipated effect on authenticity.
  • Battery Powered Wax Pen: Not an early modern instrument. Used primarily out of safety concerns. An ideal instrument would have been a painting knife heated by a candle or other open flame, however the effect on authenticity in this case is minimal.
• Materials:
  • Limestone: Locally purchased. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Soapstone: Locally purchased. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Tin/Lead Alloy: 50%/50%. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Tallow: Primary material in molds. No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Ground Vine Charcoal: No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Calcined Oyster Shells (Slaked): No anticipated negative effect on authenticity.
  • Calcined Limestone (Quicklime & Slaked-lime):
• Discussion on Procedure:
  • The primary recipe for this annotation is 80v - Casters of Small tin things