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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4482798, member: 5833&quot;]<img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20220531_154237-jpg.389639/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit.&nbsp; Fingers crossed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389667[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely Michelini there.&nbsp; I have 9 of his pieces, ranging in age &amp; quality, &amp; photos of many more.&nbsp; At one time eBay was riddled with them.&nbsp; To me the signature looks like the rhythm strip from an EKG.&nbsp; I had a couple of Michelinis before I even knew it.&nbsp; He took more care with his signature when he worked with hardstone, after Girometti took him on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhere in the show &amp; tell thread I made the joke that I have made many times about Michelini, that there are so many around, he must have been giving them away with every purchase from the shop.&nbsp; I have seen a social media (forget which) post where the poster is excitedly showing the Michelinis she has found &amp; stating that he gave them away as if it were gospel truth.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; Joke, people, joke.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Dolcini&#039; was put on after &#039;Michelini&#039;.&nbsp; I have a little hardstone bacchante - these seem to have been his bread &amp; butter piece - with a signature that has been messed with.&nbsp; The date is 1841:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]389653[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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