Typical Construction Practice
Renaissance
Objects were built on the blowpipe (rare exceptions include multi-part dragon-stem goblets, for example)
19th Century
Objects were built from prefabricated parts joined with well-disguised “glue bits”
Objects were built on the blowpipe (rare exceptions include multi-part dragon-stem goblets, for example)
Objects were built from prefabricated parts joined with well-disguised “glue bits”