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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10243829, member: 2844&quot;]It is beautiful, and Syria has an ancient tradition of making amazing glass. Unfortunately this Phoenician style core glass is faked a lot, and there are also honest replicas, which makes it difficult for us to authenticate your flask from a mere photo.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/10061645/_Faking_Phoenician_Glass_in_Damascus_Minerva_14_2_2003_20_21" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/10061645/_Faking_Phoenician_Glass_in_Damascus_Minerva_14_2_2003_20_21" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/10061645/_Faking_Phoenician_Glass_in_Damascus_Minerva_14_2_2003_20_21</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be a very good site that knew all about identifying fake core glass, but I just saw it was down. So instead I would advise you to find a specialised museum or university department to authenticate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>A video on fake Roman and core glass by a former professor in Syria. Fast forward to 10:20 for core glass:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]cHzWt4qL0hI[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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