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josordoni:
Well, French/German/Belgian glass would be right, as most of the Mary Gregory style Victorian/Edwardian pieces came out of Bavaria.

In general I go on the painting style.  In the old pieces, the heads and feet are a certain shape, there is a degree of "cameo" three dimensions in the way that the paint is applied, the ferns are lighter and more delicate, the whole quality is greater.

Disregarding the VERY horrible screen printed ones (UGH!  I can't see how anyone could be taken in) and the ones with very large heads with 1950 Italian style pony tails on the girls, which are obvious, so not trying to deceive (IMHO) I am just a bit dubious if the painting doesn't fit well with the glass.  I like to see age in the glass - optical ribbing and strong pontils on the vases and good  Victorian/Edwardian gilding on the trays and trinkets. It is like a lot of things I suppose, just gut and lots of handling.

I've been lucky to sell some very nice Mary Gregory in the past.

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