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is this an 18th cent Limbach figurine? Their marks seem to vary a bit.
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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3897195, member: 56"]That's not a pontil scar on the bottom. It's probably a stilt mark - stilts being bits of ceramic used to support other ceramic pieces in the kiln. Pontil rods are used in glass making.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the colors match yours, so assuming that listing to be correct, it's a hopeful sign. Limbach is a place: the maker would be Gotthelf Greiner. Rontgen shows enough Greiner marks to show that there was a lot of variation. The mark on yours could fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks very off on both modeling and color:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]320847[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 3897195, member: 56"]That's not a pontil scar on the bottom. It's probably a stilt mark - stilts being bits of ceramic used to support other ceramic pieces in the kiln. Pontil rods are used in glass making. But the colors match yours, so assuming that listing to be correct, it's a hopeful sign. Limbach is a place: the maker would be Gotthelf Greiner. Rontgen shows enough Greiner marks to show that there was a lot of variation. The mark on yours could fit. This looks very off on both modeling and color: [ATTACH=full]320847[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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