Original Message:   Re: Definitely new....

Hi Rachel, I don't think of Iran as being a glass-producing country, and particularly for the fake antiquities market. The region that is usually named as the origin for all of the glass things found throughout the Middle East and Central Asia is Syria. I don't know why Syria gets pointed out with such frequency, except that it has been an important glassmaking region from the very beginning of glass manufacture. But I know that fakes I think of as being "Syrian" in style are found in, or come out of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, as much as anywhere in the Middle East. Plus, lately, because so many Afghan merchants have worked out of Thailand, many of these fakes can be found in the Thai markets as well. Jamey Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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