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The Finest Brasses
The Dave Read Originals Service
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I take great pride and care in creating exceptional brass rubbings - and in delivering a personal service tailored to your environment and exact requirements. Each rubbing is made by myself and from the original brass - not a resin facsimile.

Each commission is unique.

In a few instances, I will consider creating commissions by rubbing just one or two figures from a larger brass. Please e-mail me first with your requirements. If I can agree to your proposal, please supply these additional details in your commission instruction.

Your commission can take up to 80 hours plus to complete, depending on its size and complexity, and would be made using a silver wax that is especially manufactured for me. The rubbing is usually produced on black paper.

Your brass rubbing is then carefully hand-mounted on a choice of neutral or coloured cards, ready for framing. Please note, due to various practical reasons, framing is not part of the DRO service for commissions being dispatched out of the UK.

A leading courier company will dispatch your fully insured commission to one mainland address anywhere in the world. I will make every effort to complete and dispatch your unique brass rubbing within four working weeks of receiving your commission order. You will be kept informed by e-mail throughout the commission process - indeed, you can actually see your commission in progress through optimised photos e-mailed direct to your computer on each day I'm on-site.

To reduce costs, I am pleased to accept cheques or banker's drafts in GB Pounds Sterling - made payable to "David Read".

Each Unique DRO Commission Incorporates:

A nameplate showing the name and location of the English church from which the brass rubbing was made

A Certificate of Provenance sealed to the reverse side.

A separate framed Certificate of Provenance

A history of your monumental brass, church and village that will be as detailed as available sources will allow.

Ten postcards of your monumental brass produced by Dave Read Originals.

Notes on the care of your unique brass rubbing.

Periodical updates on new additions of fine monumental brasses to the DRO repertoire.