ID Antique Fake Repro Glass Ceramics Metal Scarce Book

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Profusely illustrated with 475 color plates and 714 black-and-white photographs, this early out-of-print book is a definitive guide to recognizing antique fakes, reissues, and reproductions. Art glass, carnival and stretch glass, milk glass, slag glass, paperweights, porcelain ware including âeoeR.S. Prussia,âe mechanical and still banks, and more are reviewed in depth in this scarce book. CONFUSING COLLECTIBLES âe" A GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF REPRODUCTIONS by Dorothy Hammond, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Iowa, 1969/1972. âe in ten concise, informative chapters the reader will find the results of three years of painstaking research in the bewildering field of antique reproductions, adaptations, reissues and fakes. The author has considered many fields of antiques and leads the reader through a step-by-step method in examining antiques and collectibles so he will be able to judge for himself the merits of a particular piece. This lavish volume contains 1,189 plates, 475 which are in full color, one of the most colorful book ever printed. Each plate is accompanied by an informal but authoritative descriptive account, which gives a wealth of information and detail on hundreds of different subjects. The authorâe(tm)s arrangement of the âe~oldâe(tm) and the âe~newâe(tm) side by side in many cases gives a graphic portrayal read more