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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 18564, member: 25&quot;]<i>I used to buy broken up pieces as examples</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There is no better way to learn the character of stuff than to have study pieces that are cheap or free because of damage and then to just spend time with them in a way you cannot do with museum pieces. A small item like an 18th C Bilston enamel box may have lots of enamel damage and be near worthless, but carried in the pocket for a while, and looked at and felt many times a day gives you a feel for the real that no amount of &#039;book-learning&#039; can do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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