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<p>[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 240928, member: 90"]Italy became a unified country in 1870. Prior to that period each major city maintained its own government, minted its own coinage, raised its own army and produced its own passports. For example if you were traveling from Florence to Venice today it will take about three hours. In 1860 it might take four or five days because you would have to wait for the border crossing to be open and you might have to cross fifteen. or more borders. You would need to exchange, sometimes at outrageous rates, your Florentine Florins for Venetian Ducats. The “Grand Tour” was not so grand in the 19th century. The term “Made in Italy” first appeared in 1922 as a requirement of the Revised McKinley Tariff Act (1921). Originally the U.S. import law of 1890 only required that a country of origin appear on an imported product. In 1921 the regulation was changed to say that the country of origin had to appear as it was written in English rather than the native language. So, between 1890 and 1921 Italy was written as “Italia”, Spain was written as Espana and Japan was seen as “Nippon”. Your piece is not old. It was just crudely crafted with inferior clay and glazes. It most likely was produced in the 1960’s or 70’s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 240928, member: 90"]Italy became a unified country in 1870. Prior to that period each major city maintained its own government, minted its own coinage, raised its own army and produced its own passports. For example if you were traveling from Florence to Venice today it will take about three hours. In 1860 it might take four or five days because you would have to wait for the border crossing to be open and you might have to cross fifteen. or more borders. You would need to exchange, sometimes at outrageous rates, your Florentine Florins for Venetian Ducats. The “Grand Tour” was not so grand in the 19th century. The term “Made in Italy” first appeared in 1922 as a requirement of the Revised McKinley Tariff Act (1921). Originally the U.S. import law of 1890 only required that a country of origin appear on an imported product. In 1921 the regulation was changed to say that the country of origin had to appear as it was written in English rather than the native language. So, between 1890 and 1921 Italy was written as “Italia”, Spain was written as Espana and Japan was seen as “Nippon”. Your piece is not old. It was just crudely crafted with inferior clay and glazes. It most likely was produced in the 1960’s or 70’s.[/QUOTE]
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