Jenny Lewis on tue 3 may 11
Hi Dinah
Can't answer your question, but some years ago the British Museum had
an interesting exhibition about fakes, with examples of originals and
copies, covering all sorts of things, antiquities, metal stuff - and
some of those prison Leach pots. I was amazed at the time, that
anyone who had ever seen a pot of any kind could have been taken in,
as they were really not very good! But I guess if a gullible customer
is keen to buy an original, then maybe shoddy workmanship can be
ignored. Any excuse would do - one of his earlier works, don't you
know, when he was still learning....
Jenny
Steve Mills on tue 3 may 11
Dear Dinah,
My memories of this episode are similar to Jenny's.=3D20
I do remember that at the time the comment was made re. their poor quality =
c=3D
ompared to almost anything he had made.=3D20
However I have no knowledge as to the fate of the perpetrators.=3D20
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
Sent from my Ipod touch
On 3 May 2011, at 11:04, Jenny Lewis wrote=
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> Hi Dinah
>=3D20
> Can't answer your question, but some years ago the British Museum had
> an interesting exhibition about fakes, with examples of originals and
> copies, covering all sorts of things, antiquities, metal stuff - and
> some of those prison Leach pots. I was amazed at the time, that
> anyone who had ever seen a pot of any kind could have been taken in,
> as they were really not very good! But I guess if a gullible customer
> is keen to buy an original, then maybe shoddy workmanship can be
> ignored. Any excuse would do - one of his earlier works, don't you
> know, when he was still learning....
>=3D20
> Jenny
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