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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 383558, member: 5833&quot;]Hello Stephan.&nbsp; A lot of Shakespeare stuff was made in 1964 to celebrate 400 years since his birth, although obviously that does not rule out an earlier origin for your statuette.&nbsp; You will have to ask whoever told you it is ormolu how they were using that term.&nbsp; It originally applied to a very specific (&amp; poisonous) way of gilding but seems to have come to be used for any gilt bronze.&nbsp; As the Bard said:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>All that glitters is not gold.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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