Another festive season effort, the case is a ninth plate version of a recently made Band case with a portrait of my mother. The galvanising had some issues and it also suffered a disaster in the gilding but to fill the case it became a keeper. I have a preference for not using vintage materials [...]

Recently I made a Whole plate Band case (see images below) to reproduce a vintage one that sold on ebay. The Band case style was a patent of Henry Eichmeyer from Philadelphia c1855. In became a much mimicked style, the raised bands serve two purposes; 1. The case can be left under a weighted board [...]