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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 421367, member: 33"]The initials on Billy's pin are actually L.M. -- Not that it matters. These are made in vast quantities and most of the time the painters are employees of the factories, not anybody well known. This one looks fairly recent to me, but of course they have been made the same way for many years. On older ones, though, the lacquer is not quite so glossy.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that reminds me... Billy, use the word "lacquer" in any listing. If I were to search for something like this online I would use <b>Russian lacquer</b> as two of the keywords.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 421367, member: 33"]The initials on Billy's pin are actually L.M. -- Not that it matters. These are made in vast quantities and most of the time the painters are employees of the factories, not anybody well known. This one looks fairly recent to me, but of course they have been made the same way for many years. On older ones, though, the lacquer is not quite so glossy. And that reminds me... Billy, use the word "lacquer" in any listing. If I were to search for something like this online I would use [B]Russian lacquer[/B] as two of the keywords.[/QUOTE]
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