In a message dated 5/10/98 7:47:06 AM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:
> There is a
> scorch mark from the fondue pot burn on one end though.
Isn't that part of the patina? Definitely value added from the layering of
history -- especially in light of the fact that it's evidence of cultural
(culinary?) history from the artifact's period of significance.
Mary