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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9903652, member: 5833"]I think the good solid silver mounts so many of them have are a large part of what sells them as something special. But the fact that the mount keeps turning up on other similarly fetching ladies helps give the game away.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know. I've only ever had one of the little boxes in my hands & they're some kind of hard, translucent, brittle polymer. The material yours is made from, which you are not the first to take for lava, seems to have a chalky consistency. It is unlikely to be brittle, since the pin backing was screwed directly into it. It has somewhat the appearance of meerschaum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497571[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be interesting to be able to examine one of their faux marbre plaques. Some of their concoctions work better than others. The marble is particularly convincing, not infrequently fooling auction houses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9903652, member: 5833"]I think the good solid silver mounts so many of them have are a large part of what sells them as something special. But the fact that the mount keeps turning up on other similarly fetching ladies helps give the game away. I do not know. I've only ever had one of the little boxes in my hands & they're some kind of hard, translucent, brittle polymer. The material yours is made from, which you are not the first to take for lava, seems to have a chalky consistency. It is unlikely to be brittle, since the pin backing was screwed directly into it. It has somewhat the appearance of meerschaum. [ATTACH=full]497570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]497571[/ATTACH] It would be interesting to be able to examine one of their faux marbre plaques. Some of their concoctions work better than others. The marble is particularly convincing, not infrequently fooling auction houses.[/QUOTE]
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