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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2308600, member: 5833&quot;]Because the topic keeps popping up in the Cameo Show &amp; Tell thread, as well as in another one started by me, <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/numismatic-fraud-mystery.31383/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/numismatic-fraud-mystery.31383/">Numismatic Fraud Mystery</a> , I decided to try to pull it together in one place.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know anything other than what can be inferred from the items themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason, the manufacturer of these very high quality fakes chose not just to leave products unmarked but also, on some of them, to add touches that are deliberately misleading as to the name of the company and the country of origin.&nbsp; At the same time, they did it in such a way as to hint at the deception.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most or all of the art on their <i>faux marbre</i> plaques is copied from works in other media.&nbsp; I cannot say all only because I have not yet found an original for some of them.&nbsp; Everyone is invited to add to any part of what is going to be a tangled thread; finding the artwork is an area where I can use all eyes.&nbsp; I have never seen a patent or registration number on any item.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is possible to trace the development of these sophisticated resin items, starting with the cameos.&nbsp; I will have to write this in installments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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