fake roseville

[marcylove]

I believe these are fake roseville...I just wanted to get some other opinions...Thanks!

[sapphire]

Gonna hold off on an opinion as I'm not qualified in that department, but maybe this will help.....

http://antiques.about.com/od/reproductions/ss/aa040506.htm

[mariok54]

Difficult to say, but the second one seems to have a genuine mark, but that's only my opinion taken from the following

http://antiques.about.com/od/reproductions/ss/aa040506_3.htm

[mariok54]

Hah... Sapphire beat me to it!   

[marcylove]

yes, I saw that link as well as this one...

http://www.wwcomponents.net/roseville/rosevilleMarks.html

[sapphire]

marcy, you've likely check out these pages on the same site

http://www.wwcomponents.net/roseville/roseville.html

http://www.wwcomponents.net/roseville/roseville.html#catalog 
(this just takes you to the importers catalogue at the end of the previous link)

[waywardangler]

They both appear to be fakes to me.  The quality of the glazes and the amount of blemishes look to be too poor for real Roseville.  I think this forum went over fake Roseville quite some time ago.  There is a lot of it out there.  I personally am not an expert or buyer of Roseville but I am judging the two pieces on the pics and the number of flaws in the finishes.  I think if these came from the factory, they never would have made it out the door except in 1000 pieces.  JMO.

[marcylove]

I agree wayward.  The bigger piece was actually a gift from my FIL a while ago.  I'll probably mosaic it!  I just wanted to get some backup on my opinion!

 

[KC]

Just a word of caution as well...many a employee took flawed pieces out the door........

[marcylove]

hmmmmmmmm....intere sting......

[mariok54]

In support of KC ... our village is just a stone's throw from the Denby Pottery ... and it is amazing what finds its way out ... probably very little nowadays, but in the past it, apparently, was almost seen as a perk of the job. We have neighbours that have fantastic (if you're into it) collections of Crown Derby (their Pottery is c 11 miles away) that have never sat on a shelf in a retail shop.