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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherryhill, post: 218065, member: 70&quot;]The star pattern originated in the 1840s as a way to disguise the pontil scar. The piece could be stuck up, tooled and broken off without leaving much of a scar.&nbsp; It has continued in use ever since.&nbsp; Mostly as a decoration. </p><p><br /></p><p>The flowers look as if they were part of the mold, then they were either acid etched or sand blasted, then the flutes were cut and polished, ditto the chamfers. From&nbsp; the pictures I can&#039;t tell if the bottom was ground and polished or not.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess it was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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