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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 1301123, member: 85"]Good chance this is one of the Flemish Art Co. pieces. In trying to discover what your "vase/candlestick" is I came across a very interesting site.</p><p><br /></p><p>This explains a little better about pyrography kits. Why some appear better done than others. Also may have been manufactured.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"According to antique collectors Richard and Carole Smyth of Huntington, NY, in their book, <b>The Burning Passion</b>, the factories were not only manufacturing the pyrographic kits, including instructions, unfinished wood pieces for the hobbyist to buy and decorate, and paints to further enhance the woodburned items, they were also selling some unfinished wood items with a design pre-stamped on them (usually in purple or brown ink) for the hobbyist to burn over. Not only that, they were supplying some unfinished wood pieces with a design already pyroengraved by means of a heated engraving plate, ready for the hobbyist to paint only. This type of preparation is called "scorched" and is also sometimes referred to as "stamped" (not to be confused with those stamped with ink)."</i></p><p>From the bottom of this page</p><p><a href="http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol2Issue1/Menendez/Antiquep2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol2Issue1/Menendez/Antiquep2.html" rel="nofollow">http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol2Issue1/Menendez/Antiquep2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The home page</p><p><a href="http://pyromuse.org/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pyromuse.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://pyromuse.org/index.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 1301123, member: 85"]Good chance this is one of the Flemish Art Co. pieces. In trying to discover what your "vase/candlestick" is I came across a very interesting site. This explains a little better about pyrography kits. Why some appear better done than others. Also may have been manufactured. [I]"According to antique collectors Richard and Carole Smyth of Huntington, NY, in their book, [B]The Burning Passion[/B], the factories were not only manufacturing the pyrographic kits, including instructions, unfinished wood pieces for the hobbyist to buy and decorate, and paints to further enhance the woodburned items, they were also selling some unfinished wood items with a design pre-stamped on them (usually in purple or brown ink) for the hobbyist to burn over. Not only that, they were supplying some unfinished wood pieces with a design already pyroengraved by means of a heated engraving plate, ready for the hobbyist to paint only. This type of preparation is called "scorched" and is also sometimes referred to as "stamped" (not to be confused with those stamped with ink)."[/I] From the bottom of this page [URL]http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol2Issue1/Menendez/Antiquep2.html[/URL] The home page [URL]http://pyromuse.org/index.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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