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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 401123, member: 111&quot;]Am also surprised that an old and respected firm like Rau didn&#039;t address the clear issue with these marks, which, to my eye, are unlikely to be genuine.&nbsp; Note that they do not claim these actual candlesticks are 19th century, and suppose they could be mid to late 20th century reissues, they have used sans-serif lettering on some pieces produced for them, but as already suggested, the marks are sloppy and just &#039;off&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a style that was produced, they were shown on the Roadshow in 2013: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/18/boise-id/appraisals/tiffany-co-candlesticks-ca-1895--201304A46/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/18/boise-id/appraisals/tiffany-co-candlesticks-ca-1895--201304A46/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/18/boise-id/appraisals/tiffany-co-candlesticks-ca-1895--201304A46/</a>&nbsp; Those candlesticks bear the proper Tiffany marks from 1891-1902, with a design pattern number dating to 1882, two years after the Chrysanthemum pattern was initially introduced.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m bothered by the overall quality of the pieces in general, and very much so by the appearance of the underside, not so much the scratches, which could be from very harsh polishing, but that flat center just doesn&#039;t look quite right, and almost wonder if they are electroformed pieces, like the water set Janet Zapata discussed in an article for Silver Magazine:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Tiffany-Silver-Water-Set-Faked" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Tiffany-Silver-Water-Set-Faked" rel="nofollow">https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Tiffany-Silver-Water-Set-Faked</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Snagged a fuzzy screen shot of the underside from the Roadshow video, appearing to be a good heavy base, open into the stick portion:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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