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Author Topic: Opaline genuine or copy or other?  (Read 806 times)

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Offline Pain

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Opaline genuine or copy or other?
« on: September 02, 2009, 09:54:39 AM »
I needed bits to fit behind the ledge on my cabinet and bought this little number the other day what do you think?  It is a slightly darker blue than pictured
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Re: Opaline genuine or copy or other?
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 10:11:48 AM »
Opaline is just a form of translucent glass and is made by many companies, so yes it's genuine. Probably Italian

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Re: Opaline genuine or copy or other?
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 12:57:20 PM »
Combination of opal glass upper and milk glass foot points at Empoli, Italy.

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