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Author Topic: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder. ID: Fake signature, modern.  (Read 11750 times)

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Offline Elmwood

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Hi,

Picked this up thinking it was a truly modern piece, maybe Ikea item and was amazed it revealed Kosta Boda number 324.

It has age related wear to the base, but I know so little about the more modern pieces.  Has anyone any info as to the approx age of the item, or the relevance of the numbers please. ( I guess it signifies the range?)

All info and assistance always appreciated, thanks Sharron

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Offline Martyn K

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 04:55:55 PM »
Hi,

Picked this up thinking it was a truly modern piece, maybe Ikea item and was amazed it revealed Kosta Boda number 324.

me too...!

I don't think 324 conforms with KB production numbering.

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 05:55:42 PM »
Thanks Martyn,

So are we saying someone has done a bit of scribbling on the base?

You know, When I washed it I was worried about some water that had somehow got into the base of foot.  There is a tiny pinprick of a hole dead centre on the base.

What a fool am I ......

Sharron

 

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 06:10:52 PM »
I'd have said M&S early to mid noughties, a vibro pen plus a little creative thinking!  :P
Very noughty indeed!
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Offline Martyn K

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2009, 04:24:57 AM »
Agreed, although the only creative thinking was rearranging the numbers 2, 3, 4....

Sometimes the colour on these is just sprayed on and scratches off if you take a wire scouring pad to it....might be worth a go in this case.!

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2009, 06:12:33 AM »
Agreed, although the only creative thinking was rearranging the numbers 2, 3, 4....

Sometimes the colour on these is just sprayed on and scratches off if you take a wire scouring pad to it....might be worth a go in this case.!

Ooh, don't do that! It can't help being a changeling.. ;)

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2009, 07:54:33 AM »
I saw two of these on a flea market last Saturday - unsigned.
One had a hole in the base like you describe it, the other one
was closed.
I wonder if they might be Krosno / Poland?
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Offline Elmwood

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Re: Kosta Boda- signed & dated candle holder- info please
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2009, 08:17:29 AM »
Hi,

Thanks guys- thankfully only paid £1.50 for it from our car boot. Also the seller had partially removed an auction label.... (more , thought it was too good to be true, and the inscribing seemed a tad amateurish! Anyway only have "none-scratch" scourers in this house, so have left well alone BUT in daylight you can see a fine misty covering on the glass which presumably is the spray?

So if I had all these red flags ringing- why did I buy it? not even partial to the colour.  Guess we can't resist a bargain.  Still chuffed with my other car boot purchase though, the Orrefors bowl which is labelled and signed authentically and that cost me £1.

Thanks once again for all your help and comments, Sharron  ;)

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