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Message:: [QUOTE="Lecollectionneur, post: 438318, member: 8569"]There is a first and simple sign of quality you can look in a second, when the "gildind" is under the piece same as on the visible part is a sign or what I call decoration item, this in not to say that is junk, but it's a way long with a hand finished piece and a good gilding which is so expensive that you put the protective varnish in all parts non visible.It's a lot faster to apply gold and you use a lot less gold too which you can add on the apparent parts. ;-)For the aspect of the chasing, I have some pictures, the best example is this one, you can't reproduce that with any actual process, the more near precise is by galvanoplaty at it cost really a lot to make.I just finish to clean it yesterday and put the blackening on it, you can see how sharp are the marks of the tool.You can see the marks of the chisel and those from the hammer to give the relief to this foliage too. <img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/_dsc5266.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />If you want pictures about gilding I can make them when at home, here I'm in my workshop precisely making pictures for insurance and sales.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]