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Message:: [QUOTE="Snowman Cometh, post: 9568199, member: 83302"]I've seen videos on how to tell a transfer from a hand painted piece. One way is transfers will have dots. Of course painting will have brush strokes. If you can feel the piece, paint has a feel of different levels, where transfer is flat. However, I can not find anything related to hand embellished transfers. This happened on a lot of porcelain portraits. On jewelry it's easy to see the image is flat with the exception of some of the lines which are clearly painted. You can see the brush strokes. I bought this at a flea market today because I liked it. The man said it was hand painted. But, I had my doubts. Because part looks flat and the accents are obviously brush strokes. Either way it's nice. It's also signed by the artist.[ATTACH=full]459331[/ATTACH] I did a google image search and found the same painting in the exact same frame, done by another artist. It's really bad.[ATTACH=full]459332[/ATTACH] I did a google search of the face and it's Helene Seldmayr 1813-1898. Painting by Joseph Karl Steiler 1831. Original Painting[ATTACH=full]459333[/ATTACH] The difference between the two copies is night and day. But, the frame is exactly the same. I'm GUESSING these artists worked for the same company. They copied Helene's portrait, mine turned out well, the other didn't. Someone at another site told me to look at the bad one's lacing. He said the black dots were transfer, and the yellow was poorly painted. It's also noticeable within her pink scarf. Mine doesn't have black dots. I used a loupe to look throughout my painting and I don't see any dots anywhere. I see brush strokes in the accents. But, in the lighter areas, it's flat. I don't see strokes or dots. Is there a definitive way to tell a hand embellished transfer from a 100% hand painted porcelain portrait? THANK YOU![/QUOTE]

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