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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2308344, member: 5833&quot;]I have been trying to put all the little clues together for years.&nbsp; A major problem is that a lot of the clues are deliberately misleading when it comes to the origin of the items.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing I know is that someone developed a polymer that could be colored to do an excellent job of mimicking certain natural materials or the discovered how to do this with a polymer developed by someone else &amp; came out with products that are entirely faux, visually very convincing with highly appealing designs.&nbsp; None I have seen have a patent or registration number of any type.&nbsp; Labels that seem to indicate a maker are bogus, just part of the design, a research dead end.</p><p><br /></p><p>The products seen most frequently are the cameos, set as brooches, used on the lids of the little boxes, or used in products made by other companies, such as the lid of the Volupte compact.&nbsp; The little boxes are the second most commonly seen.&nbsp; Without a genuine brand name used for all items, rounding up their output has sometimes been a matter of luck.&nbsp; Just when I think I&#039;ve found everything, something I haven&#039;t seen before pops up.&nbsp; For example, this little bottle:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258888[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We know it is the same company not just for similarity of appearance but also because it came with this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258889[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen plenty of boxes; never another bottle.&nbsp; And, stop the presses, just found this one in green with the little tag that started the numismatic fraud thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/233578225145" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/233578225145" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/233578225145</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dhQAAOSwDaFenQ-b/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y84AAOSwhzZenQ-j/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to see a number of other examples of this ware, search for &#039;St Petersburg frog&#039;, &#039;Perfugium Regibus marble&#039; &amp; &#039;Danbiere box&#039;.&nbsp; Another search is for this one.&nbsp; Note the eccentric punctuation, which sellers do not always transcribe correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258964[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After looking at a bunch of these items sold or for sale at prices $100 &amp; up, I need to lie down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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