[Woodcarver] Query re Mysterious Box

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This is what I found:
 
    
What is Syrocco wood? Is it a company or a type of wood?
      Answer     Subject: Re: What is Syrocco  wood? 
Answered By: _markj-ga_ 
(http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/answers/ratings/users/8249429130518388147.html)   on 01 Sep 2004 05:49 PDT 
Rated:     
afgardiner --



"Syrocco" or, more commonly, "Syroco," is the term applied to a molded

material resembling carved wood that was invented and first

implemented by a company called the "Syracuse Ornamental Company."



Here is a concise explanation of the derivation of the term from a

website offering a "Syrocco" product.:



"This is an unmarked figurine of a Man Playing an Accordion which was

made from the Syroco molding process that Adolph Hostein, owner of the

Syracuse Ornamental Company, developed in the 1890s. The material is a

combination of a wood compound and casting fluids that were then

poured into molds. The finished casting appears to be hand carved. The

Syracuse Ornamental Company became Syroco, Inc., in the 1930s. By the

1940?s, other companies such as Multi Products were producing Syrocco

products. The Syracuse Ornamental Company produced many products for

the home including ashtrays, decorative architectural moldings and

very sought after cork screws."





 
In a message dated 9/22/2011 8:31:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
pyroart_emuseum at yahoo.com writes:


Hello, All.

I came across an  intriguing little box on eBay and I am trying
to figure out whether  it is carved, woodburned, or both.  I
would welcome your  opinions on this and any reasons for
them and any observations.   Here is the link to the little  box:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180727135613&fromMakeTrac
k=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

See  what you think.  Thanks so  much!

Kathleen
===========================
Kathleen M.  Garvey Menéndez
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A.

Cofounder Int'l Ass'n of Pyrographic Artists  (IAPA)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniting_pyrographers/

Curator,  E-Museum of Pyrographic  Art:
http://pyromuse.org/

Antique Hall of the  E-Museum:
http://pyromuse.org/antique.html

List of Pyrograffiti  articles and their  contents:
http://pyromuse.org/pyrograffiti_index.html

New  magazine PYROGRAPHY
published  by Fox Chapel in November 2010
Preview it at the following  address:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41547052/Pyro-Sip-Issue


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