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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 596315, member: 10171&quot;]also not an expert. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, copying has always intrigued me, so I read a bit:&nbsp; if it is real, the star dates it circa 1774 ... and further reading said, paraphrasing, that &#039;star&#039; mark is one of the more commonly forged marks, and then this site caught my eye:</p><p><a href="http://www.antiquesincheshire.co.uk/everything-else/meissen-porcelain-marks/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquesincheshire.co.uk/everything-else/meissen-porcelain-marks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiquesincheshire.co.uk/everything-else/meissen-porcelain-marks/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]177393[/ATTACH]</p><p>Is it oval?&nbsp; No idea. [Edit: I think the site meant an actual oval with the word Meissen in it. so N/A here]</p><p>so.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]177394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It bothers me the two dots are there.&nbsp; And can&#039;t find much on why they are.</p><p>It bothers me that the reflections show &#039;incised&#039; areas on the mark and pits elsewhere...</p><p>the painting isn&#039;t gilded.&nbsp;&nbsp; the &#039;wow factor&#039; isn&#039;t there...</p><p><br /></p><p>But, that&#039;s just a non-Meissen collector skeptic talking.&nbsp; Always question, always look at the whole.&nbsp; Then ask an expert who&#039;s touched them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doesn&#039;t get you your answer, does it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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