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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 24997, member: 56"]In the 18th C, of course they lacked the controls that are in place today in the manufacturing of porcelain. Try as they might, little flaws would 'get through' - bits of grit in the clay, bits of ash from the kiln. They took to painting tiny little insects on top of those flaws to hide them. Pretty much all the makers had the same problems. It can help to date the porcelain. It's expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think if that's true Capodimonte, you should probably run it by a good auction house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 24997, member: 56"]In the 18th C, of course they lacked the controls that are in place today in the manufacturing of porcelain. Try as they might, little flaws would 'get through' - bits of grit in the clay, bits of ash from the kiln. They took to painting tiny little insects on top of those flaws to hide them. Pretty much all the makers had the same problems. It can help to date the porcelain. It's expected. I think if that's true Capodimonte, you should probably run it by a good auction house.[/QUOTE]
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