An English carved hardwood industrial mould,
mid 20th Century, made for British Aerospace,
the double-sided mould for the precision casting of engineered aeronautical component parts,
£220
In stock
Salvaged from a West Country foundry that specialised in the supplying component parts to aviation and military manufacturers we have simply cleaned up the moulds and mounted them on a salvaged oak slab. Each has a certain abstract quality and bear the notes and markings by the foundry workers during the casting process.
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