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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4492754, member: 5833&quot;]The fad seems to have lasted for quite some time.&nbsp; After James Tassie had such great success, given a huge push when Catherine the Great ordered a full set in colored glass, along with a custom cabinet for them, many others started making them, continuing after James Tassie died.&nbsp; Tassie&#039;s workshop was taken over by his nephew William.&nbsp; Some other major names: Paoletti; Cades; Amastini; Lippert; Liberotti.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought some loose impressions a while back &amp; my sense is that they were made quite recently, possibly by someone using old ones to make the new.&nbsp; So very hard to date these.&nbsp; Can you spot writing on the edges of any of them?&nbsp; Anything like this?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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