Bronze cylinder (the portion visible is ~12 cm high) demonstrating a range of chasing marks created using the chasing tools shown in fig. 239. From bottom to top: 1) raw, as-cast texture modeled in wax; at the center is the foundry mark struck with a steel punch (frappé) flanked by the punched letters “F” and “C”; 2) repetitive marks of a diamond-shaped matting tool with a smoothly textured tip (in French ciselet, and more specifically mat à bout lisse carré); 3) repetitive marks of a matting punch with a textured, granular tip (mat sablé moyen); 4) oblique marks of a veining punch with a coarse profile/contour (mat à tracer large or traçoir gros); 5) oblique marks of a veining punch with a refined, “sharpened” profile/contour (mat à tracer fin or traçoir fin); 6) polishing cloths of increasingly finer grit (200 to 1000) followed by electrical polishing wheel; 7) repetitive marks of a very fine veining punch (mat à tracer très fin); 8) oblique marks of a veining punch with a rounded profile/contour (mat à tracer large or traçoir gros); 9) repetitive marks of “dot” punch with a hemispherical, indented profile/contour (perloir or mat à perler); 10) repetitive marks of a matting punch with a finely textured tip (mat sablé fin); 11) repetitive marks of a “circle” punch with a rounded, circular perimeter and a recessed center profile/contour (perloir à touche or mat à perler). Bronze cylinder, 1990s, H. ~30 cm, made by the Coubertin foundry, France, for the Musée du Louvre, Département des sculptures.