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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 343961, member: 301&quot;]Funny, cuz that&#039;s what&#039;s bothering me....the look of the solder.</p><p>Tiffany has a know manufacture copper foil process.....but the solder on the OP&#039;s lamp looks a mess.</p><p>And the siggy....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116021[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]116022[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]116023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When considering buying an authentic Tiffany lamp, learn to look closely for prior restorations or other things not right, such as:</p><ol> <li>Traces of glue (which is sometimes put in pane cracks to pull them together or make them not show as easily).</li> <li>Glass colors or textures that do not match or look right. </li> <li>Sloppy solder spots or uneven soldering inside the shade usually, whereas the rest of the shade&#039;s soldering is smooth and even. </li> <li>Unusual green or &quot;froggy&quot; green patination to the shade solder and other metal, often used by forgers in a sloppy attempt to simulate an old patina; but they go overboard.</li> <li>Look at the signature marks on both shade and base. <i><b>The simple rule is that TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK is in all capital plain letters and no lower case letters at all. </b></i>Also important on shade and base signatures is that the tops of the letters are in good alignment, meaning no crooked letters an no &quot;up and down&quot; letters. If the signature is on a curved spot or rolled edge, it will be of course not as clean and precise. Look at other things in those cases, including the base signature if the lamp has a base.</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p>A good read,,,,,,</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://antiquetiffanylamps.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://antiquetiffanylamps.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">http://antiquetiffanylamps.blogspot.ca/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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