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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smudged, post: 641769, member: 10938&quot;]Considering how I found it i&#039;m also amazed at how well the rest of the carving has stood up to the 140 plus years!&nbsp; Not much I can do regarding the base over here as i&#039;m based in Bristol, UK and nobody has much knowledge of argillite here.&nbsp; I do wonder if it came over on one of the ships out of Bristol docks and stayed but I know nothing of it&#039;s history before I found it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a modern piece that has caused some controversy, as it looks like a &#039;wolf&#039; style molded piece but is made from argillite or something incredibly similar.&nbsp; I have found four other carvings, all very similar sold at auction houses (including Skinners) as argillite, and though none were signed they looked like the same artist.&nbsp; I&#039;m 90% sure it&#039;s not reconstituted stone and appears to have been possibly carved from three pieces put together.&nbsp; Would very much appreciate your thoughts on this one... (the slight remains of writing visible on the base were from a postcode written for security by the last owner)</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH]183453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]183454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]183455[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]183458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]183459[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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