Brass caster

Liquid brass is poured into the mold

Cast object with remnants of molding sand , the figures still have to be separated.

Yellow caster , as Grapen- or Gropengießer called, is a profession that at the end of the 18th century as a specialization from the Rotgießer - and Gürtlerhandwerk developed.

The brass caster made small objects made of brass by means of casting in clay - or since the 18th century in sand molds , which were then polished , ground, turned or gilded. Typical products include grapes , mortars , buckles , small candlesticks, figures, fittings , bells and bells , fittings for fire departments and buttons .

literature

• Franz Fuhse : Apengießer, Rotgießer and Gropengießer. In: Braunschweigisches Magazin 1923, columns 10-14.
• Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe : Technological universal handbook for commercial Germany, or handicraft and factory knowledge with all the work, means, advantages, tools and machines occurring in the various technical trades: In a comprehensible alphabetical representation. In two volumes, here: Volume A – N, Scheible, Stuttgart, 1837, p. 440 (available from Google Books).
• Mechthild Wiswe : Gropengießer. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 92 .