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Brass Rubbing

Brass Rubbing

Brasses are church memorials designed and installed as plaques to the deceased. They are engraved metal plates originally embedded in the floor, wall or table-tomb inside churches and cathedrals and usually engraved with a figure and inscription.

In medieval times having a proper memorial so that the living would remember and pray for the deceased was considered an advantage. Large stone memorial tombs would have quickly crowded parish churches and so brasses become a popular and cheaper alternative. The earliest brasses are to wealthy squires and landowners, but by the mid fifteenth century brasses to a broader cross section of society were being made.

Brass rubbing is simply tracing a picture of the brass by stretching paper across and rubbing with a coloured wax until the engraving lines come through. It was popular with the Victorians and has been an English family hobby for years.

Each brass rubbing comes gift packed in a secure tube.

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Sir Nigel Neis Ramsay

Sir Nigel Neis Ramsay

1899, Alyth Parish Church, Perthshire, Scotland. Gold on black...

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William Shakespare

William Shakespare

Taken from the Dreshout portrait. Silver on black....

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Queen Eliabeth I

Queen Eliabeth I

A modern brass. Gold on black....

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