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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9467485, member: 2844"]Tonbridgehistory.org.uk, Tonbridge is the town where Tunbridge ware was made, says:</p><p>"An early form often consisted of whitewood items carrying printed labels depicting local scenes. The distinctive mosaic style, made by glueing sticks of different woods side by side and then slicing it into layers, came in the mid- 19th century, and it is this form that is now generally understood by the term ‘Tunbridge Ware’."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/made-in-tonbridge/tunbridge-ware.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/made-in-tonbridge/tunbridge-ware.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/made-in-tonbridge/tunbridge-ware.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They also have photos, so you can check.</p><p>That is the ware I know to be Tunbridge ware, exactly what I said, mosaic made from different woods. But I know some sellers tend to rewrite history, which leads to confusion.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9467485, member: 2844"]Tonbridgehistory.org.uk, Tonbridge is the town where Tunbridge ware was made, says: "An early form often consisted of whitewood items carrying printed labels depicting local scenes. The distinctive mosaic style, made by glueing sticks of different woods side by side and then slicing it into layers, came in the mid- 19th century, and it is this form that is now generally understood by the term ‘Tunbridge Ware’." [URL]http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/made-in-tonbridge/tunbridge-ware.htm[/URL] They also have photos, so you can check. That is the ware I know to be Tunbridge ware, exactly what I said, mosaic made from different woods. But I know some sellers tend to rewrite history, which leads to confusion.:playful:[/QUOTE]
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