On 22/02/2013 3:50 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> I've been wondering if counterfeiters might
>> be drawn into the scene. The previous Griswold
>> store display would be hard to make, but this
>> one would be easy.
>
> Not easy at all... without a foundry and mold how will you fabricate
> that casting on the front support with the company name embossed...
> you'd have a near impossible time imprinting the the company name on
> the wood also. Collectors are willing to pay big bucks because of the
> original identifiers, otherwise any JHS student can make one in shop
> class.

You make you own mold. A friend of mine worked at a foundry where they
cast a lot of brass, bronze and similar alloys. Somewhere along the line
he came across an old porthole. He made arrangements with the owner to
make some duplicates on the side. He ended up selling quite a few of
those portholes to people who were refurbishing old sailboats.