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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TallCakes, post: 271543, member: 107&quot;]the detail of the plume in the finial in one way to differentiate Gillinder &#039;Westward Ho&#039; originals from Wright &amp; Westmoreland reproductions. Might also check the glass under black light; originals would have manganese content showing faint green, whereas reproductions may not. I don&#039;t have specific experience with this particular pattern under black light but other reproductions can be defined this way. Tho&#039; some mfgs also used manganese in more recent times; so it&#039;s not always determinate.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The <u>finial</u> on originals has <u>definite plumes</u> whereas the reproductions have a straight line for the plume. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Also, in the oval compote, the deer has an open mouth or blurred mouth on the reproductions while the <u>original deer have a closed mouth</u>.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><a href="http://www.patternglass.com/Reproductions/WestHo/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.patternglass.com/Reproductions/WestHo/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.patternglass.com/Reproductions/WestHo/index.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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