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  • jbcherry - Wednesday 2 December 2015 08:49
    I think this is 'hand cut' rather than pressed/stamped. Possibly a new classification needed for 'tinker' brasses.
  • Esther_Franck - Wednesday 2 December 2015 22:27
    Hello John
    Thank you for your comment. You're right, I'm going to think about creating a new category for this kind of brasses. But I need some time to do so since it's not that easy.
    Can you tell what is the best name for this category : tinker brasses or hand made brasses ?
    Thank you.
  • jbcherry - Thursday 3 December 2015 09:47
    I prefer the name 'tinker' but 'hand cut' is less contentious. Either would be OK. The other name sometimes used is 'gypsy' but I think that is a bad name as it infers knowledge of the maker that we no longer have. An itinerant metalworker is a tinker but a tinker is not necessary a gypsy. To assume all such brasses were made by gypsies is at best romantic tosh, at worst, racist.