Here's yet another example of mass produced products with intentionally confusing markings. Not once but twice does the date 1914 appear on the lid of this brass candy box: very large in the center and has Christmas 1914 at the bottom. Around the border, appear the name of Russia, France, Japan, Serbia, Belgium, and Monte Negro. The mark on the bottom Royal Sheffield would suggest it was made in England.

Here's another copy of a Victorian crib toy. This model has a nursery rhyme-type figural on the top with bells on his feet; his pointed cap is a whistle.

Eric Reinert, Curator of Andersonville National Historic Site, recently contacted ACRN about a steady increase of faked Confederate States of America (CSA) and Anderson Prison memorabilia.

Most everyone knows that handmade nails are older than machine made nails. But could you identify a handmade nail if you saw one? And could you separate an old nail from a reproduction nail? In addition to looking at how old nails were made, this article will also discuss how to examine nail holes, rust left by nails plus where, how and why specific types and shapes of nails were used.

Just like calling a piece of furniture old, don't make it so. One of the ways to make sure a piece of furniture is actually old, and not over restored, reproduced or new, is to look for genuine signs of normal wear and aging. In this article, we will be discussing the aging and wear patterns on American bottom gliding drawers.

This new jadite rolling pin with advertising has just appeared. The new pin is 14 inches long. It is printed with black letters, Kardov, Famous Self-Rising Flour. One end is closed; the opposite end is open and plugged with a cork. The sample shown here was $20. It arrived from the wholesaler with a Made in Taiwan paper label.

Kitsch historians consider the pink yard flamingo an icon of American taste and culture. In a burst of nostalgia, reproduction importers have capitalized on the growing interest in the 1950s with new variations of the flamingo theme. We thought the two most unusual pieces were these of carved and painted wood. They are truly without taste or redeeming grace, a fitting tribute to the original.

A 21 by 15-inch paper print advertising occupational and personalized shaving mugs is being reproduced. The color print is a reproduction of an original which first appeared in the early 1900s. It shows the various designs available from B. Stuebners Sons, Artistic China Decorators, Brooklyn, New York. The print is titled at the top, Decorated Shaving Cups for the Barber Supply Trade Co.

A new ceramic cookie jar is being made in the same style as the highly collected Holt-Howard Pixieware kitchen novelties.

Some of the most memorable commercial illustrations of the Art Deco period were based on transportation subjects. Artists turned air travel to exotic locations and streamlined locomotives into dynamic works of art.