The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
CLEVER ART FORGERS.
They Flood the Markets Abroad
With Their Wares.

They Flood the Markets Abroad
With Their Wares.
PARIS THE CLEARING HOUSE.
Tho Frsnch Capital Is tho Chief Mart
For the Disposal Of Imitation An
tsques-sealy Leads In tho Production
of +l,e Spurious Articles
Italy has always been the ctass-:c soil
for fabricatsons, but IN some depsa
ments Holland and Paris run her S.ose.
Vienna has 8 specially for rock c1ys-
tai and thirteenth. century gold worG.
Florence and Lucca for fourteenth
century armor. London initiates the
pate ten6se Of Seyrcs. Constananopie
makes oriental weapons, Madrid Da-
mascus swords. Dresden sculptuced
tyorses, Aix-,a-C -ChapeI,e pewter plate.
Berlin Roman poteeries, Amsterdam
wrought iron, Rotterdam Indiaa porce-
lasns. Odessa tiaras and antique Jew
ely, wsne Paris IS che chief mart and
clearing house for all these products.
Italian bronze seatrettes, now so
much sought. are TUNED out with de1.
teesy and taste In Tuscany. It IS said
chat It was from one Of these socn-
dries there issued the group Of virtue
depressing vice. assigned 70 Clan 30
logna. which Is now the choice treas
ure cs celebrated French collection.
Switzerland makes q specially Of Louis
Ny. repousse WORK
as for renaissance and medtaeval
tewesry, hardly a sit is real except
what IS sn museums It IS not to be
bocsht. In she disturbed epochs that
followed the renaissance precious
stores were broken from Their set
ssnss ana sold 10 mcst urgent neecs-
THE same need for extreme diAdeoce
applies to the pretty bihelots OF the
eighteenth ceusucy. watches. cnane-
sasnes. bonbounsercs. OF modern fahri-
cation, 100. S the eaaneled jeweary OF
the ssxseeath eentury. Vienna turns It
ogt 10 perfection And so cunning are
the makers that. Sor example. they
take care that the ring On which q
i,ocses IS suspended shoaid show signs
OF friction. ven aware that the buyer
who thsnSs himself cute VIII icoS 1or
ssss Indication
as for she peassnt 1eweiry. now 80
much bought and scosht IL Florence
On tic. old bridge and elsewhere. the
genuine IS long ago exhausted. Tor.
after al, peasants own but q sraieed
ssocS. Is al Consists os clever copies
or nosc sesea sasseent eoma.nadons OF
old 6@sgus. The stones, too despite
taeir ane Designations, are Farely auy-
tsinS else bat chose maryeaoussy csey-
ar tsrsed -ues cgyssals 50 EaSeEious,y
rssae a sw;sssrsaad aad sold sy the
4 1uu sc deaisssss 4S5i: ;si'5:.I !.
venice Is tie great Depot spr ebony
sn,ssa With iyosy, and cabinets iccrust-
ga With tortoise shell oace It's stc,.'
sst-,ss: -oyv - .hesr decaEenee. are still
tue soy af tyeysfsns Americans on the
aoosoae sor hayggsigs Buy S the oo-
Sece p;eases yor. but 60 not Raea you
psy ycrr loIsars Imagine yo1 aTe sx-
cAsugsng: asv sszrps for eae. AS Sos
osa clocss grantssathec cr ossher, there
ss lot ono gaarsae Ia { hundced. Ware
tror:ess -neys are seneeassy bone OF:
worse stiH, css,n;ollsgs age6 bg the help
ae tonacepso psoE os :thss Invaluable hand
iraases ccSsce JUDGE. y
Nor does ssea glass dessT the artss
Scess gn the asrserw as St German
eap be seen Roman ssohsess. their out
ssses s,a.c.,r,s,rssse ;ysfsh Dirt wsose trss
Cescence Has Deea ossasred BY dsh
scales a1ed upon Their surface. SoEe.
ssnes zeal oss tyisaescent glass As-z
are ransserred upon . mosaers Tame
svases by TIE gGoss not even troucsans
- serscr.s fssN ali ehareS but using fhe