2 halves (pilaster capitals) joined. Oak grain reproduces well - finish and it's wood.
6.5", 8.5", and 10" are usually available. (See Advice)
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Capitals We make a variety of plaster capitals, usually in response to customer's needs: porches in Memphis are constantly being renovated. We may use the best cap you have on your porch as the pattern, usually repaired and stripped, perhaps left slightly weatherbeaten so the replacements don't look odd among the originals. We cast most caps from Hydrocal, a very hard, dense plaster, and casting plaster, lighter but still strong, both with fiberglass mat all through them. Porch caps have a big hole for the load-bearing wood cylinder, while caps meant for pedestals have flat-cast tops.
Consider capitals with holes for interior use as well: they can hold pots of ivy, or halogen uplamps, for example.
See my Advice page! Learn the secrets of the elders!
If you need just a few caps of a size or style we don't think will be in demand, we may find them in a catalog for you. We might do touchup work on them before you receive them.
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| Square Corinthian capital, the finest I've ever molded.
12" sq.bottom. 2 halves (pilaster capitals) joined. Oak grain reproduces well - finish and it's wood. |
Scamozzi porch caps ready for customer. 6.5", 8.5", and 10" are usually available. (See Advice) |
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The column is 10" dia. at base, narrowing to 8 1/2" at neck, then the astragal(ring) increases the top dia. back to 10". This is correct but unusual. |
| Stack of assorted caps in shop. Roman doric on top. |
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The 10" Scamozzi cap on plaster column. Note
that detail behind volutes (corner scrolls) is correct. We don't make
the plaster column any more, but we could for a large order. We used to
make pedestal tables like this continuously but they have passed out of
style.