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Originally Posted by Rob Miller
Just to be clear its not a fake because you made it from scratch?
Rob  |
Yep...
It's not pretending to be an original made in 1810.
It's a 2012 original based upon the design described in Parkyn and the illustration of 1812 in the book he mentions, as well as known examples predating 1812 and after the1820's
The actual finished item never existed in 1810. It didn't exist until I physically created in 2012.
Something similar may have been worn in 1810, but it certainly wasn't that plate and the originals wouldn't have had a 2012 hallmark.
For those with a knowledge of early plates, they were almost never pinned with a tab and wire until the early victorian times.