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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4490290, member: 5833&quot;]It became a big problem in the period late 18th - early 19th centuries when collecting &#039;antique&#039; (what we call as being from antiquity) intagios became a passion among the wealthy &amp; scholars, with signed gems being the most coveted of all.&nbsp; Forgers put names onto gems that were genuinely old as well as on gems that were finished the day before.&nbsp; It got to a point where a buyer could not be sure a gem was being represented honestly &amp; accurately by the seller, &amp; the bottom fell out of the market.&nbsp; The <a href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/The-Poniatowski-Collection/Introduction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/gems/The-Poniatowski-Collection/Introduction" rel="nofollow">Poniatowski gems</a> really put an end to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you haven&#039;t found it yet, another rabbit hole to fall through:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/eyes-have-it-are-these-intaglios-the-same.44251/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/eyes-have-it-are-these-intaglios-the-same.44251/">Eyes Have It: Are These Intaglios the Same?</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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