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YOU ARE HERE:>>REAL or FAKE>>Fake oil lamps, section 2, page 4.

The famous La Marsa type as well.

Though this one made in Syria actually.

The " La Marsa Group", is a series of fake lamps produced in a suburb of Tunis from the 1950s onwards. Based on the type showing Diana with bow.

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10.3.2011.

With thanks from Ken.

See Ken's very useful reference  collection>>>

More and more of these fairly well made 'reproductions' are being sold as genuine. On eBay and even at some auction houses.