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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 97463, member: 308&quot;]I pulled the following off Wikipedia page for Pietro Caproni:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Caproni casts can be identified by a metal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark" rel="nofollow">hallmark</a> imbedded into the base of the cast. Early casts have brass hallmarks bearing &quot;PP CAPRONI &amp; BROTHER PLASTIC ARTS, BOSTON, MA.&quot; In later years the medium changed to aluminum. In 1932 the company changed names to &#039;Caproni Galleries, Inc&#039; and was a supplier to Disney for the plaster figurines of all the Disney characters. Amadeo Nardini, owner of a casting company which specialized in ecclesiastical subjects, bought the company around 1940 and ran it as &quot;Caproni Galleries of Amadeo.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There is more info on the wikipedia page regarding the the company. </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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