A Dictionary of Antiques (An Old and Rare Book)

One of the problems which besets everyone who is interested in antiques, is, 'Can I tell the genuine from the faked piece?' And the answer is, 'No' not at first'. The study of antiques takes years and indeed is never creally complete. Nor can it be quickly absorbed, for there is no hard and fast set of rules which will decide if a piece is authentic or otherwise. For while it is comparatively easy after a little experience to spot a flagrant fake, it is a different thing to find a piece which has been restored in parts, and recognise that it is not all antique. There are other fakes which are so well done that even the expert may be deceived.

In the present times when this has become a fashion of the day to furnish and decorate one's own dwellings with antiques and curios of different periods and ethnic origins, a need for the dictionary of antiques of this type is felt all over the world. Its a good companion to all who are curious to know the value of antiques and who are ever keen on acquiring master-pieces for fumishing their kind of 'house museums'. The museums and the museologists are no exception to this either.

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