Does anybody know if the four round blue dials on the tower at Westminster Abbey in London are made of porcelain (vitreous enamel)?
p.s. by the way, does anybody have good photos of these that we could use on our Sundial Cupolas, Towers & Chimneys website? From: JOHN DAVIS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:55 AM To: John Carmichael Cc: 'Sundial List' Subject: Re: Porcelain Sundials Hi John and sundiallists everywhere, You might be interested to know that Harriet James and I are currently making a vitreous enamel on steel dial to replace an art-deco painted steel dial on a private house. The original iron scrollwork gnomon will be reused. The firm doing the enamelling are called Vitramet - they also did the set of four large vertical towers dials I designed for Houghton Hall in Norfolk. During the BSS Cambridge Conference we all admired the set of 6 dials on the Gate of Honour at Gonville & Caiuis College. These were enamelled in the 1960s, I think, by a firm in Birmingham who seem to have disappeared now. Regards, John Davis ------------------------ John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Frank (cc Sundial List): I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing you and getting a chance to talk with you at the conference, especially our discussions about the possibility of using durable fired porcelain instead of paint for the replacement of old deteriorated painted sundials.
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