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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4539856, member: 5833"]Oh, believe me, they're out there. (Not my hand.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]401772[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401773[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever this was went to pains to obscure their true origin & actively mislead buyers. As fakes go, they're very high quality, &, as you see, were put into good quality settings.</p><p><br /></p><p>It just crossed my mind to wonder if they have anything to do with the guy who, with his wife, started Incolay Studios. He was a polymer chemist. Incolay 'stone' is very tough, while the material of these cameos & the little boxes is brittle. An earlier formula? The quality is there, yet I can't see them putting on the made up names & unrelated medallions found on the plaques. On the other hand, I can really see him as the source of the very convincing <i>faux marbre</i> used for the plaques.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me it's more than a head scratcher; it's a teeth grinder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4539856, member: 5833"]Oh, believe me, they're out there. (Not my hand.) [ATTACH=full]401772[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401773[/ATTACH] Whoever this was went to pains to obscure their true origin & actively mislead buyers. As fakes go, they're very high quality, &, as you see, were put into good quality settings. It just crossed my mind to wonder if they have anything to do with the guy who, with his wife, started Incolay Studios. He was a polymer chemist. Incolay 'stone' is very tough, while the material of these cameos & the little boxes is brittle. An earlier formula? The quality is there, yet I can't see them putting on the made up names & unrelated medallions found on the plaques. On the other hand, I can really see him as the source of the very convincing [I]faux marbre[/I] used for the plaques. For me it's more than a head scratcher; it's a teeth grinder.[/QUOTE]
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