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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 10498, member: 118&quot;]Thanks for the replies. I would have to disagree about that the enameled base is a sign of the piece being recent. I am pretty sure there are a lot of late 1800&#039;s vessels with blue or other colored enamels on the bottoms. I don&#039;t know if the earlier period pieces was not made that way. The enamel on the base was needed to&nbsp; strengthen the copper base during the high temperature firing in the kiln. </p><p>But I think I&#039;ve heard before something about the pieces with brass base being of better quality. Will have to research more on the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you mean by poor enameling? If not wrong,it is more common&nbsp; to see older pieces with spotty coloring and pitting on the enamels, resulting from firing temperatures, rather than on newer ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>What bothers me is that the gilding is too shiny and the old pieces should have some worn offs. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I guess I will have to do a little bit more research to figure was it made yestarday, 70&#039;s, 50&#039;s, early 1900&#039;s, late 1800&#039;s....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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