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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 562311, member: 5833&quot;]Sarchi &amp; Umberto Stiaccini seem to have been in pretty much the same business, in Florence, in overlapping if not the same time.&nbsp; Both produced sculptures that were decorative only &amp; some that accommodated a light bulb.&nbsp; Stiaccini, presumably with a workshop around him, produced multiples of his lamp designs.&nbsp; Sarchi seems to have done business on the same model.</p><p><br /></p><p>For all I know, both names are fictional ones used by the same factory to disguise a whole stable of artisans.&nbsp; The whole thing is reminding me of the mystery I asked for help with here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/numismatic-fraud-mystery.31383/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/numismatic-fraud-mystery.31383/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/numismatic-fraud-mystery.31383/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Beautiful, well made products, some seeming to have a maker&#039;s name until you get them together &amp; start looking for the maker.&nbsp; No doubt all from the same company, the name of which is obscured by several fake ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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