dunno what all the palavers about it all made sense to me anyways this is the 2nd weight like this I have now seen, one was at a local(ish) to me antique centre around xmas time had a small chip to base and was marked up at 28 quid if I remember correctly , when I first saw the weight I thought it looked very poor workmanship , sure I have pics of it on my phone somewhere , anyways it was gone the next time I visited the centre so someone must have seen the bargain in it for that price