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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 151433, member: 37&quot;]They look pretty good to me but I am not 100% certain.&nbsp; I like the fact that there seems to be some lack of detail on the base where it looks like water may have flowed over time and the base rusted away a bit.&nbsp; I like the fact that the rust and age patterns appear to be genuine due to age. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I am not particularly sure about is how the base is attached to the body.&nbsp; On many old urns, the pieces are either not attached at all or are bolted together.&nbsp; The rather small size might account for this being cast in one piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what to think about that seam you mention in the stem at all.&nbsp; It really makes no sense for the pieces to be cast separately and joined there.&nbsp; If they were going to cast pieces separately, I would think that a joint above that where the base meets the body would make more sense.&nbsp;&nbsp; One possibility is that the seam was in the original model and appears as such in the casting.&nbsp; I would take a careful look at both urns and see if the patterns in this joint are identical with each other.&nbsp; If so, this is a sloppy casting detail and would point toward a reproduction.&nbsp; An old broken and weathered urn may have been used as the original model, accounting for this seam and the worn looking base as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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