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<p>[QUOTE="elarnia, post: 10531, member: 159"]Actually pitting comes more from impurities in the enamel than from firing temperature. I can duplicate those pits, and have on occasion <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />, by getting a little flake-off from the copper into the enamel. Way too easy to fake to be used as a judge of age.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The black edge to the red circle in the 4th picture could be color burn due to over firing - red is the hardest color to fire multiple times without burning.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="elarnia, post: 10531, member: 159"]Actually pitting comes more from impurities in the enamel than from firing temperature. I can duplicate those pits, and have on occasion :(, by getting a little flake-off from the copper into the enamel. Way too easy to fake to be used as a judge of age. (The black edge to the red circle in the 4th picture could be color burn due to over firing - red is the hardest color to fire multiple times without burning.)[/QUOTE]
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