sorry- double post
Salient further to the discussion is this-
"In 1939, the company IG Farben filed for a patent for epoxy, however this was not available to the commercial market until a firm in the US released this four years later"
The simple fact that IG Farben had applied for a patent, but had never used it for chemical coatings in paint, shows that this compound was never used for german awards in world war two. Yet the presentation that IG Farben had patented a form of epoxy (not the siliconted bisphenolic type seen on the rounder, which was investigated in 1947) led some to conclude that perhaps epoxy COULD have appeared on a wartime piece. It is the presentation of incomplete information, such as this, that would lead one to believe that the presence of epoxy (any epoxy) would be acceptable on a wartime piece. It is only with the complete facts that we come to understand that the presence of epoxy definitively determines this piece to be post war. The specific presence of a SILICONATED epoxy dates this piece much later, in that these general compounds were investigated in 1947, but were not used extensively in commercial coatings (beside marine finishes) unitl the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is odd that one rounder actually has a "77" inscribed in the frame, which may lead us closer to a production time frame for the rounder. By the paint, it must be later than the late 1960s, but the specific production date cannot be determined. It is ironic that the late 1970s and early 1980s was when several collectors recall this piece appearing in shows, paired with fake oaks.
