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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 10273999, member: 6444&quot;]Very high marks on the McConnell Decanter book, you will definitely enjoy it [USER=86332]@glassluv[/USER] . There is a ton of useful info. I ordered to buy his 20th Century Glass book, and would have bought this one too but the price is pretty high. Luckily there is one available from my library that lives in the Antiquarian library in my town, so no need to buy it, I can borrow it any time I need it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to your piece with tons of wear that you wonder about? He says this: “inspect feet and bases for tell-tale signs of wear, but these too can be faked. One method for detecting such fake ageing is to place decanter on a flat surface and insert a piece of paper between its base and surface. Where it slips under without assistance, there should be no evidence of wear.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Testing on the decanter I show above shows this works. Placed on a granite countertop and using corner of a piece of paper, there should be spots where it slips under easily (since handmade glass not perfectly flat). Checking the spots where the corner slides in, those lack wear on the base, though the rest has heavy damage. Brilliant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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