09-21-2008, 12:53 AM
My 1940 escutcheon was indeed steel painted to look brass... Plasti-Kote brass color in the "Odds-n-Ends" size, #139S, is pretty doggone close according to someone else on here--and it is a great improvement over the gold I had mine originally painted (after stripping off the black) that is shown in the "A Beginner's Journey" thread.