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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Chaney, post: 4272894, member: 19137&quot;]It depends upon your goals. If you mean on the piece, they are usually on the bottom but can be on the rim or the underside of a lid. Regardless, they&#039;ll be somewhere on the piece if present. If you mean identifying a maker or artist, I have a collection of books on Jewelry from recognized industry experts - the field I enjoy most. I also use the heck out of google and have a ton of resource websites bookmarked to include auction history sites. Dealers can buy and hoard auction catalogs from around the world for additional reference material. You can travel as far down a rabbit hole as your time and patience allows....lol</p><p><br /></p><p>Hand beaten is what a bad cook does to a kitchen pot <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a quick video that shows what people mean by hand hammered...</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]odWl4M-Pzw0[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>No, like most anything you can use machines to make many of the things that used to be truly handmade. We tend to value these things far less.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stuff is still handmade today. You pay a hefty premium, but you usually get a &quot;generational&quot; piece like our forefathers did, and not the throw away pieces we&#039;ve become so accustomed to that keep our landfills overflowing with waste.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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