Good finish for brass escutcheon plates - will shellac take/hold?

Hi, This question needs a back story - I usually use inset brass escutcheons, either polished or "antique" finish for darker woods, and my usual shellac (brown button waxy shellac) for my restorations and new builds alike and that is fine over the small amount of metal showing. However, I have just built a jewellery box as a Christmas present for my American daughter-in-law out of American flame maple (name it was sold to me under) and Tasmanian and Queensland Blackwood. It went well until I used the wrong drill bit to cut the hole for the drop in escutcheon. Even though mounted in the drill press, it slipped sideways in the highly figured/uneven texture of the timber.:( Now, I could fit the escutcheon and then bog-up the small gap, but that goes against the grain especially for the front of the piece of beautifully figured timber.



The box is finished in shellac.



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So, I bought a small fancy surface mount escutcheon plate from Goods and Chattels. It arrived a bit tarnished so I will polish it up before I fit it. In the past I have used Incralac on larger brass items, but don't have any at the moment.



So, finally, to my question: have members successfully used shellac to get a reliable protective finish on brass escutcheon plates?



David

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