08-29-2003, 12:35 PM
Well if I wanted to make a forgery, I'd put lead there and not clay, so I'd go with Aitor's idea of oxydized lead.<br>
To be really sure you'd need to analyze the strcuture and to do that means destroying the piece.. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://localhost:1094/Homesteads/_1750094854/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 8/29/03 2:39 pm<br></i>
To be really sure you'd need to analyze the strcuture and to do that means destroying the piece.. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://localhost:1094/Homesteads/_1750094854/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 8/29/03 2:39 pm<br></i>