The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
LITTLE BOGUS
 CHINA MADE FAKTRs FIND, THE PRICE roo SMALL FOR PROFTsE Some Early American Prices Copied. paul Revere silver Valuable En6ugh to Repay ImisnttOn--aOid EnS-
 fish Paa1eo Made yN1th
 stolen Hall Mark.

The frauduIent duplication of Ameri- can china, glass, and silver is not near iy so extensive as one might be led to believe by the demand for these ob- jects. Yet there are certain pieces Of native china that have been duplicated with considerable success.
 All of these fasifilcations have come from a certain source, which has been traced with approximate accuracy by the New York dealers, who are care, full to follow up such frauds.
 So far not more than Tour or nVe oi these American plates have been re- produced. Among these is the LoveJoy plate, showing quotation from the Constitution of the United states. Tnls is usually painted in light blue on a white background. The genuine speei-
 mems have on the top of the plate a picture of the assassination oI Love ioy. which took place in isS1. otner copies of the old plates put on tne Lhal- l., t,Sf hv the suspeeted dealer have been taken from the old blue and white made in staffordshire and again Tn this country early in the century and pear l ins. ,,ictuies of such scenes as the Ban of philadelphia or the White House. aAs the best specimens or these plates have sold at $45," said an expers | to The Sun reported, 'at Is not Worth ! while for the dealers to copy shesn; .ls; i Then they must be careful and hoi r5at<e their copies too numerous. | the supply seems too large the demand | will he more easily satisfied, and prices | ,,,gil sro down. These consideratfons have made the dealer indifferent as to I the duplication of American pottery
 ssThe dealer who. does think IL wort his while to fake these old plates orusri lsar the4n from pottery, taking on a s sana. pie of what he wants-tne Isat .sN',hS,
 have heard that he taxes the .I.e,a.sS
 f ohave these plates made In Eneiah0 | in order to cover his tracks. - ii, , 1VvhAn they have once come lhto h'' l banas they are for a while put lh.' l some extremely cold place. fnen ..., lme' l are suddenly exposed to nlgh oS <, | of heat This cracks the eilaiiiea nc. .is. Ss.
 over the plates and lnto ~. snI Iis,nnblaeI l grease Is rubbed. Dust or ialnpD'ao, .,ls ~, l ss then rut3bed over the cracks ah' | s,icIrs giving them the appearance | Sas,t,9s been used for years. oonle
 t,nses q bit is chlpped of the edg
 and rubbed with oil and dirt or lamp ! black. .,,.eana of ,thl | .i.ta ts scratched with sharp polnte'
 phtsct lo give 1t tho look of long usage 1 ,rSs nlotes are then put away into som
 1erv duety place where they get III
 lie dfrtier looking before they are m l aflx nut on the mafket.
 sShis is rather an elaborate proces | Tar the compensation that results. /! i ao1sn plates Ia the most that the dea1e
 csr attempt to put on the market in s,aar ana as his net profit may be nor tbsn S20 apiece, the industry in thi Sena artIhent of fraud Is not extensive | m china only the plates have been re produced, as the hollow ware IS to costly for fakers to produce and bring ' too little. Tn the same way there has been n attempt to initiate the early specimen of native glass. Some of them are Yer , quaint and graceful, but the prices ar not high Very unusual and charmin . specimens of the glass made by th German settlers in Pennsylvania hnde ? Count Mannheim, which Is thought ?
 many to be the first glass made In thi
 country may be bought for very reas . sonable prices. It Is In white or :. cloudy blue or in combinations of th 2 two.
 As this old gla7s was blown, it woul - be necessary to have a mould mad }. which would make these old pieces col s more than they do now when, they al - Eenui~e.
 e old American glass even dating fro !, the beginning of the nineteenth cei
 itury. is Interesting and quaint. but m
 1 expensiva. Decanters blown ltke q s the glass of that period, unique in for . and ornamentation, can be bought 4
 The sunnlx oE hlnA and white chin