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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 72035, member: 23&quot;]I realized I didn&#039;t really answer your question.&nbsp; As others stated, experience is the best teacher.&nbsp; If you have any REAL antique stores near you, go and spend time looking at their stock.&nbsp; Once you&#039;ve seen real antiques and compare them to reproductions, you can start to identify differences.&nbsp; A lot of newbies get fooled by poor quality.&nbsp; They assume that older pieces are more primitive.&nbsp; The opposite is true.&nbsp; Quality was very important back then.&nbsp; People didn&#039;t have a lot of money and when they bought an item, they expected it to last.&nbsp; The newer reproductions are sometimes made from molds which were made from older pieces.&nbsp; The lines are &#039;softer&#039; and there isn&#039;t as much detail as there would be in the originals.&nbsp; That&#039;s just one generalization, but it&#039;s good to remember.&nbsp; Look for seams and mold marks.&nbsp; If the seams are rough, chances are it&#039;s new.&nbsp; On the originals, they would have buffed out the rough spots.&nbsp; Craftsmen took more care than modern factories.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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