I think I'll make up a new category of collecting specifically for bottom gated cast aluminum... I doubt if there are too many pieces out there.
got this at a local auction a week or so ago... I didn't want to get too aggressive with the restoration as I wanted it to retain a little patina... but I ended up doing some wet sanding with 600, 1000 and 2000 and some 0000 steel wool and then aluminum polish... it had some deeper areas with gouges and dings that had black stuck in them and I just couldn't get them to clean up any other way. I think there were some pattern numbers on the bottom down there by the little 'A'... but I'm still not sure if this was a piece that was made by griswold or made by someone else 'for' griswold as the book implies.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ANBfCSP
here are some before pics... not bad, just a bit dull, oxidized looking.. oh and the inside had/has about 3/16th of an inch of built up calcium deposits... I've removed some, but still have a long way to go on that part.
https://imgur.com/gallery/JZV6MUq
got this at a local auction a week or so ago... I didn't want to get too aggressive with the restoration as I wanted it to retain a little patina... but I ended up doing some wet sanding with 600, 1000 and 2000 and some 0000 steel wool and then aluminum polish... it had some deeper areas with gouges and dings that had black stuck in them and I just couldn't get them to clean up any other way. I think there were some pattern numbers on the bottom down there by the little 'A'... but I'm still not sure if this was a piece that was made by griswold or made by someone else 'for' griswold as the book implies.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ANBfCSP
here are some before pics... not bad, just a bit dull, oxidized looking.. oh and the inside had/has about 3/16th of an inch of built up calcium deposits... I've removed some, but still have a long way to go on that part.
https://imgur.com/gallery/JZV6MUq