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The invention of transfer printing on porcelain and pottery was, without doubt, one of the most important innovations in the development of the ceramic industry.

The honor of this development goes to the English engraver, Robert Hancock, born in Birmingham (1730-1817).  We first meet Robert, recorded as a copper plate engraver at York House, at Battersea’s enamel works in London.  Here, beautiful little copper boxes were made for the English 18th century luxury market and quite costly objects of vertu, the so-called bijouterie, scent bottles, little snuff boxes and practical wares, such as boxes to contain sewing implements, toothpicks, trays to hold pens, canisters for tea and sugar and even candlesticks, designed to imitated expensive silver pieces.

In 1756 the Battersea factory closed and we next find Robert at the Worcester porcelain factory in the same year. Robert Hancock had obviously taken his knowledge and expertise to the factory management, under the direction of Dr John Wall.

The management was highly impressed with the idea of this rapid decoration technique!  Since the opening of the factory in 1751, porcelain painting had been a laborious and expensive process, undertaken by painters with coloured powdered enamels, mixed with lavender oil and brushes.

Robert was able to teach his printing skills and the process was soon mastered with the first, famous, copper plate engraved, black transfer print being produced in 1757.  The subject being Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, ally and hero of the seven years war.

Transfer printing as developed at Battersea, began with the unique skill of the copper plate engraver, who deeply engraved, with a fine sharp steel, the desired design.  The design was engraved in reverse!, allowing the final print to appear “right way around”.  Pigment was then added, often mixed with oil and heated to allow the colour to run deeper into the copper plate engravings, the excess ink then wiped away with a palette knife.  The copper plate, after being cleaned off with a cloth was then covered with a sheet of tissue which was dampened and pressed onto the plate.  Next, the tissue was gently lifted from the plate and set carefully onto the shape to be printed. As the tissue was deftly lifted away, the design was left behind. This early printing style left the print on top of the glazed item, which was then fired to finally set the print onto the glazed surface.

As the 18th century turned into the early 19th century, new ceramic printing techniques were developed, to not only improve the technique, but make it faster, time is money!  The great name at this point is Josiah Spode who is credited with the introduction of under glaze blue transfer printing into Staffordshire, during 1781-84.

During the early 1800′s, the tissue was replaced by a sheet of paper, or sometimes fabric.  With a layer of glue applied, this could easily be cut and shaped to fit around curved objects such as dishes and teapots. This is known as the “bat” print and gives the process its alternative name “bat printing”.  The inked bat was then placed on the ceramic object and an impression left, leaving the print adhering to the shape. The item was then dipped into the glaze and returned to the kiln for the glost, or, low firing. The glue bats were reusable, plus they conformed better to curved surfaces.  Cobalt blue, under glaze transfer printing became a standard of the Staffordshire pottery industry.

Men like Josiah Spode, Wedgwood, Thomas Minton and others, were all entrepreneurial types and leading figures of the great Staffordshire ceramic industry.  While sharing amicable business relationships, each kept an eye on the market!   It was at this time that large export markets were opening or expanding in North America, Europe, and India where consumers sought elegant, matched sets of wares.

The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co illustrate a charming little English, Staffordshire, pottery accent lamp.  The lamp with a cream coloured glaze and very finely printed in sepia with two “named views”.  The front of the lamp with “Abbotsford, Selkirkshire, Scotland”, the reverse side printed with, “Chatsworth Derbyshire”.  The lamp with elaborately modelled, silver shaped handles.  The neck of the lamp delicately gilded with a formal motif. The rim and circular lamp base gilded, the gilding in very fine condition.  The lamp seated on a custom made, polished, maple wood base.  The custom-made lamp cap of gold plated bronze. 

Circa 1840       Overall height (including shade) 17″/43cm  

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Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co , has had a lifetime’s association with antique porcelain and pottery,with his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 years,including as a valuer to the Australian Government’s Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the company’s site, he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.

Over a good many years we have created, though I say it myself, quite an important Snuff Bottle Collection. My wife, thank goodness, shares my interest in these little bottles, but perhaps I should warn you, collecting anything is a bit like a bug, once caught, it is with you for ever and can be quite an obsession!

Have you ever searched for pebbles or shells along the sea shore, selecting them for either colour or shape and found an appeal in handling them, so much so, that you simply could not throw them away? If so, you have the makings of a dedicated collector.

Part of the pleasure of owning these bottles is the tactile appeal found in handling them.

Boundless Possibilities

There is also such a vast and diverse number of collecting possibilities. A collection could be based on any of the great Chinese fine arts and in each field it would be possible to have really important fine examples in this form of miniature works of art.

There are collections based on Jade and Hardstone carvings, others prefer Glass and Overlay Glass, or Chinese porcelain, or Enamels and Cloisonne, or you might like to base a collection on Paintings.

I can imagine how you find it hard to perceive a collection of bottles based on Chinese paintings but they exist. Remarkable signed landscape scenes and even portraits with superb calligraphy (often poems) have actually been painted on the inside of glass and stone bottles.

Some collections feature uncarved bottles of rare stones, or Lacquer, or Amber and Ivory. Most collections consist of the collector’s favourite subject but include a variety of other treasured bottles. There are collections that use as a theme; animals, or a colour such as Imperial Yellow, or Blue and White, and as there are so many possibilities, no two collections ever look the same.

International Connections

For anyone considering buying Snuff Bottles I should explain that it is an international pursuit. There is even an `International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society’ with a large and active membership. Having been members over a long period we have found that fellow members are such interesting and friendly people.

There is a bond between a collector that leads to friendship, until we meet in the auction rooms that is! It is well worth joining, as there is a very informative, quarterly magazine, full of good colour photographs. Information is surprisingly, freely shared amongst members and by the specialist dealers. So much can be learned this way, in fact far more than just by studying the many very fine, beautiful books on the subject.

Dangerous Temptations

Most people’s first encounter with these bottles is likely to be at antique shops, auctions or antique fairs, otherwise in a museum or perhaps by meeting a collector. Once seen, certain people are tempted when next coming across a bottle to buy, but all too often these first purchases are of very poor quality. Later on, having acquired more knowledge, these first bottles so often prove to be disappointing. They often can turn out to be very costly mistakes. Unfortunately, there are far too many very poor bottles about, some are even brand new, made to cash in from the collecting craze. Even an article like this one can cause someone to go and buy without sufficient knowledge, I do hope not.

My advice is that apart from joining the society, attend some Snuff Bottles auctions and visit some of the specialist dealers.

When you go to the auction rooms be sure to go on the viewing days, usually one or two days before the sale. The first impression will probably be one of disappointment as there will be lots of poor quality bottles and to see so many all lying down, behind glass, is not the best way of presenting them.

Be sure to select a few that appeal to you and ask to inspect them. You will then be given a chance to handle some, and that is when the magic can begin. I do not know how to explain what happens, but there is something of a tactile pleasure that is only obtained from handling a good piece.

Our Collection

I should point out that my first bottle did not immediately grab my attention. Surrounded by many beautiful and more colourful bottles of all shapes and sizes in a dealers display cabinet, this brown and beige coloured bottle looked rather drab. Eventually, I came round to inspect it and before too long I knew that I had to buy it.

Only another collector can fully appreciate that overpowering urge that comes over one as it is the closest feeling to that of love at first sight. I have been told that ones pupils tend to enlarge, and this is one of the signs that dealers watch out for, and as collectors, of course, we always try desperately to camouflage our interest. This bottle was purchased, which is still a favourite, and it has formed the basis of our collection.

Our collection included many types of bottles but features mostly hardstones, known as Picture Agates, each one of these being a unique piece, as there can never be two alike. To fully appreciate these bottles I need to tell you more about how a stone bottle was made. All good early Snuff Bottles were made to be used and they needed to be small yet capable of holding plenty of snuff, not too heavy as they were carried on their person, often in the sleeve. All these bottles were designed to feel comfortable in the hand and were sealed with a cork, to keep the snuff at its best.

In Europe hinged boxes were used but perhaps the humidity in China caused them to prefer bottles with corks. All Snuff Bottles have a stopper on to which a cork is fixed, and at the other end of the cork is an ivory spoon. These stoppers rarely matched the bottles other than in size and shape. It was a matter of personal choice as to what type and colour was considered best to go with the bottle.

Well Hollowed Bottles

Stone bottles were carved in a large variety of shapes but always with a fairly small opening in the neck normally about 5mm in diameter. Just imagine a lump of Quartz rock that is quite impossible to scratch even with your stainless steel penknife, yet in the 18th century this was carved into a bulbous shaped bottle.

Next it was drilled through the neck and hollowed out through this small hole, so that even difficult areas such as the shoulders of the bottle are really thin. Fine bottles are so well hollowed that they look more like blown glass, and are aptly described as `Eggshell Thin’. Should you place them in a bowl of water they will trap enough air to float.

Although I have mentioned that drilling was used, the information available about the manufacturing methods is incredible, as the drill and cutting discs were foot operated `Heath Robinson’ affairs. However I do believe after many years’ experience, they acquired more control and feel than is possible with modern electronic equipment (Essential in working on Jade as certain parts of the stone can easily fracture whilst other areas are very hard).

Most of the carving was achieved by grinding with Jade, Gem stone, sand and other abrasive particles. First by drilling and then hollowing out by carefully grinding away with special file-like tools. These tools were made by hammering metal shapes over the abrasive particles that once embedded, were easily bent to reach the most awkward parts.

The Chinese appreciated these wonderful stone bottles and they were fashioned from many types of stone, the purity of the material, particularly the Jade ones being highly prized. The Chalcedony Quartz bottles once `Eggshell Thin’ show up remarkable markings formed from the formation of the crystals.

From Flaws To Pictures

Everyone I am sure can appreciate such bottles, as the lovely shapes and purity of the stone just cannot fail to impress. What I find even more fascinating is the amazing way they deliberately, brilliantly take advantage of flaws and inclusions often present in the stones.

Most Quartz and Jade stones have an outer layer of a different colour, particularly the pebbles from the riverbeds. They also have faults and flaws plus other coloured material, often deep in the stone. Sometimes these can be very thin skin-like inclusions, in others large blobs are found.

The problem is no one knows just what is in the rock until, as the cuts are made, the secrets of the stone are revealed. It is with this type of material that `Picture Agates’ are made. The best of these incredible bottles look as if the inclusion, that forms the image, has appeared in just the right place as if to order!

There are different types of work within this group of bottles and the first ones are what we call `Cameo’ carvings. These take advantage of an outer skin or a blob type of inclusion; they can be quite thick and are carved in relief. Another type is called `Shadow Agates’ and these take advantage of markings in the bottle where, with the help of a little carving, an image is created. Lastly, the most fascinating ones are called `Silhouette Agates’ but in this group no apparent carving is required. The image is achieved mainly by the angle and choice of shape, as well as the size and position of the bottle to be formed out of the rock. These bottles have to be seen to be believed.

What is really mind blowing to me is the fact that there are some of these bottles with pictures on both sides!

Sadly, few of them were signed. We only know that there was a certain school of carvers known as the `Suzhou School’. Their works are easily recognised by the style and quality of the carving, plus the fact that they make use of every mark in the stone to form the picture. They are amazing bottles when good, but there are later works that tend to look too stiff and the carving lacks the more fluid artistic touch of the master carvers. Unfortunately, hardly any of these bottles are really well hollowed.

Our First Bottle

So to describe my first purchase, this was a `Shadow Agate picture bottle’ involving a little carving, and very well hollowed. It is a most appropriate subject and colour for a Snuff Bottle because the russet inclusions have been used to show `Putai Ho-Shang’. He is always depicted as a very corpulent man with a bare chest and abdomen and he is the patron saint of tobacconists. In this bottle he appears surprised by a bat whilst sitting below some tobacco leaves. The bat to the Chinese is a good luck symbol. You can see how easily he appears, nicely placed within the bottle yet only his head and a suggestion of his hand have been carved. (See the photograph by using the link at the bottom of this article).

We now own a number of Picture Agates and to illustrate the different types described, the photograph of the Duck with Lingzhi fungus in its beak is a good `Silhouette’ example. Incidentally, the fungus is a symbol for wishing long life. This bottle is very unusual as there is a recess carved originally to create the image that serves as a built in dish. (See the photograph by using the link at the bottom of this article).

Lastly, a superb bottle of fishes with pictures on both sides: the pair of fishes are cameo carved and to the Chinese represent fidelity and happy conjugal rights in marriage. On the other side a fish and aquatic plants make use of every mark in the stone, all this on a well shaped bottle that is very well hollowed. All these bottles illustrated were made between 1750 and 1860. (See the photograph by using the link at the top of this article).

Assessment

To effectively judge Hardstone carvings, the first consideration should be concerned with the overall artistic impression. You need to be satisfied that the work looks well composed and well positioned and that the images formed are flowing rather than stiff and awkward. The next stage is to have a closer look at the technical skills. When I look at a cameo type of carving I study the shape and finish of the background, close to the edge of the carving. On poorer bottles this can be indented, uneven and not so well polished as the rest. Really fine examples look as if the raised cameo part has simply been glued onto a beautifully formed bottle. Engraved work at its best is very precise and provides the detail. When closely looking at a poor bottle the engraved parts can look very crude.

Beware, amazing glass imitation stone bottles exist. To check for these use a magnifying glass and look for tiny bubbles or pin size holes on the surface. As a last resort if still in doubt, a penknife will easily scratch the base if it is glass, whereas a stone will not be marked.

In evaluating the value of all artwork a careful check for any damage is essential. With stone bottles the following points should help. Firstly, assess how well the bottle has been hollowed by holding it up to the light. Inspect the stone from all angles in the light and with light from behind. If the stone is cracked it will be visible often as a star shape from the point of impact. Some stones have natural flaws that are not cracks. I then have a good look at the foot rim and the neck of the bottle, as these areas are the most susceptible to damage. If none is apparent I consider the proportions to make sure neither has been ground down to remove a chip.

When inspecting the neck as viewed looking down into the bottle the top surface should be concave, not flat. Bottles that have had the neck repaired to remove any damage are always flat, and you can be sure no longer original.

Snuff Bottles Were Used

There is one other criterion that I personally believe is important. Most of the best stone bottles were made between 1750 and 1860, although many poor bottles have been made since then, right up to the present day. These late bottles were not really made for use, and some are referred to as `Cabinet Pieces’ and can fairly easily be identified. They are poorly hollowed, if at all. Some just have a drilled hole in them and so they feel far too heavy. They also tend to be very showy in choice of materials, with impractical rather high and sharp carving that feels most uncomfortable in the hand. There are others so delicately carved that one instinctively knows that they could not survive actual use. It is only possible to make these judgements by comparison. Experience is needed and takes time to acquire.

Small Is Beautiful

There are advantages in collecting very small items as they are not too obtrusive and can easily be locked away. This is very important if your partner does not share your interest! They can also make a beautiful display without completely disrupting your home.

Try to be certain that you really are enthusiastic about collecting before you buy one. Once you place one in your home and it looks so small and appealing, it is only a matter of time before you will come to the conclusion that a little group of bottles will look so much better. This tends to play on ones mind and that is how we all get hooked!

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John N. Cohen A past director of Jacey Cinemas Ltd. Later the proprietor of a design & photographic studio, now a director of Jacey Homes Ltd., a property development company. Interests and Hobbies: A top international award winning photographer who also became a well known Asian antiques collector and an enthusiast of Jensen British classic cars. Other interests are skiing and Salsa dancing.

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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Arequipa, Peru by TravelPod blogger Ninaholidays titled “Peru, Arequipa: Spanish: La Ciudad Blanca (“The Wh” Ninaholidays’s travel blog entry: “Tue 2.9.08: Peru, Arequipa: Spanish: La Ciudad Blanca (“The White City”) PERSONAL: I really like Arequipa – incredibly beautiful buildings and so much history. The people was amazing – very friendly and welcoming. Loved their street foods and local cuisines. Clean air, blue skies, less car horns blaring! Though the streets were very steep and going up hills was a killer for the lungs and the legs! The locals point me to their special “Meals of the Day” (always consist of healthy soup, meaty main and tea/soft drinks) – all for about AUD$2.50! The adventure began when I don’t know the Spanish words for most of the meals so when the dishes arrive, it was always a surprise! I’m not sure if the school children handing out bookmarks that they’ve made for tourists was a friendship gesture or was a propaganda for Catholicism (as the drawings and text was about god). The strangest sight was the street vendors selling not the norm items – right in the middle of the streets! Today I think I would like to pick up some coat hangers, baby bottles, calculators, brooms?! Or doing some banking! Hilarious Another strange sight was this vendor selling just shoe laces (he was carrying a load of about 50kg in various colours!) – who need that many shoe laces! I didn’t see too many people making a …

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All of us know that when a product gets old enough, it may loose effectively. Particularly, liquids have a tendency to get adulterated easily. So, storage is as important as is the product making or the product ingredients. Aromatherapy uses essential oils which are extracted from herbs and plants and they get spoiled if you can not store them rightly. Therefore the importance of packaging is immense in terms of aromatherapy bottles where essential oils get stored.

Aromatherapy Bottles are needed to be perfectly packaged because they contain the essential oils what serve great purposes. Aromatherapy bottles serve a number of purposes. First, they protect the oils or the absolutes and second, they add style.

Let’s go through the protection facility provided by these aromatherapy bottles. Aromatherapy uses essential oils and essential oils get easily spoiled when they are contacted to sun-rays or are exposed to direct air for too long a period. So, choosing the best bottles also needs extra caution when you choose to use the aromatherapy essential oils.

And, it’s not only about the bottles. You should not choose any clear glass-made aromatherapy bottle. The affectivity of essential oils is marred once they are exposed to the sun-rays. So, sun-rays should be barred and that’ why transparent glass bottles are to be avoided at any cost. So, you can choose amber-green coloured aromatherapy bottles or the cobalt blue ones. Regarding plastic bottles, experts are of different opinions. Some say that if plastic gets diluted into the oil, it becomes perilous while some others say that it does not have any bad effect. In fact, plastic made aromatherapy bottles are cheap enough. However, do a bit of research before going for your aromatherapy bottles of the essential oils.

One can go for aluminum made aromatherapy bottles also. There are a number of benefits attached. Here is a sum up:

• These are capable of eluding sun-rays and

• These are eco-friendly in comparison with plastic made aromatherapy bottles.

• Aluminum aromatherapy bottles are cheap enough.

You can get aromatherapy bottles of different shapes as well as of different sizes. You can also order the company to make your desired curves in the aromatherapy bottles. And, these are available not only in the physical market. You can go for aromatherapy bottles in the virtual market too.

And, one more important fact which one should know before he goes for aromatherapy bottles says that you should not use rubber droppers while storing the essential oils. Rubber droppers turn into gum after the reaction with essential oils. And, use airless dispensers for better result of aromatherapy.

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Mia Bilkins is working with the New Directions AU. He has also been involved in research on plants and oils for a long time. To find Aromatherapy bottles, Botanical, botanical skin care products, floral water, raw materials you need to visit
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By aromatherapy bottles, most of us will construe the packaging for aromatherapy products. Is packaging as important to be written about? Nevertheless, the aromatherapy bottles are different and are more than just packaging. By going through the following section, you too will agree that aromatherapy bottles have a role to play.

The bottles serve two purposes. Firstly, they ensure protection of the oil or absolute. Secondly, they add a style element to the simple looking oils. First, let’s discuss the protection that bottles provide to aromatherapy products. Aromatherapy products are largely made of essential oils. Essential oils become adulterated when exposed to sun or exposed to direct air for a longer time.

Therefore, choose the bottles for storing the aromatherapy products and essential oils with care. Not any bottle will do. Particularly, clear glass bottles must be avoided when storing the oils. Clear glass bottles allow sun rays to come in and thus accelerate the process of adulteration.

This makes it important to use the aromatherapy bottles, which are cobalt blue or amber green bottles. These allow very little sun to come inside through diffusion. Therefore, one can store his/her essential oils for longer.

Are plastic bottles appropriate to keep ones aromatherapy products like essential oils, hydrosols, carrier oils, etc? This is a question that one most often comes through when purchasing aromatherapy bottles. There are two schools of thought on this. The first believes that essential oils are concentrated liquids. Hence, they can easily dissolve the plastic container. Once the plastic dissolves in the oil, it is no longer pure.

The other school of thought is of the view that plastic containers do not do any damage to the aromatherapy products. Besides, they are available cheap. Plastic jars are available in two versions in the market- single walled and double walled design. Single walled is the conventional plastic jar. The double walled plastic jar looks more stylish and protects the content from extreme temperature changes. Another advantage of this is that the cream or any other aromatherapy product can be taken out up to the last pint.

Style as we mentioned is an important part played by the aromatherapy bottles. Customers request their oils to be packed in exquisitely designed bottles. Remains of elegantly carved bottles have been unearthed from the ancient Egyptian and roman civilizations. These were used to store the precious essential oils and other products.

The discussion about aromatherapy bottles will be incomplete without talking about rubber droppers and dispensers. Do not use rubber droppers while storing essential oils. Because of the reaction with the oil, the dropper will turn into gum. There are risks of contamination of the oils through dispensers too. Use airless dispensers for best results.

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Small Glass Container can usually be an fascinating item to acquire and miniature glass bottles can be colorful, adorable, and have historical worth to them. Numerous times jar enthusiasts will possess a modest variety of miniatures for the aspect. Small bottles can really be significantly less difficult to show than a substantial variety of standard sized bottles, even when there’s a wide variety in coloring and form in the assortment. Clear bottles would be the easiest to locate but some persons lookup with the uniqueness of form moreover to individuals coloured bottles. Though red-colored, blue, eco-friendly, and brown have a tendency would be the dominant hues for bottles that after held alcoholic drinks, purple or oyster colour comes in some container. Jim Beam, Martell, along with other organizations create modest piece sized bottles filled up with drinks which are fitting for informal parties or dinners. And when they’re empty you’ll be able to rinsed it out and add to become component of the assortment. A package deal of these example bottles is usually bought, miniature bottles inside a little small sample edition like the bigger bottles are quick to uncover..

At flea markets and antique stores you are able to uncover empty bottles with cork stoppers, in several shapes and hues. a couple of widespread miniature bottles of the type are: a golden horseshoe, a green liberty bell shape, a blue fish, a brown barrel, purple horseshoe, plus a cherry diamond reduce figure about the front. Even presidents would show up on miniature bottles, including Zachary Taylor, James Madison, Ben Franklin, or Andrew Jackson.(1) Likewise, like every other series, replicas of the were definitely fashioned, also rendering it reasonably priced for collectors who selected small bottles to total scale bottles. Some miniature container collectors choose to acquire aged remedies bottles, which were generally a deep cobalt blue in coloring. Lovers of azure glass appreciate these forms of bottles, which happen to be shown numerous a time on window ledges so the sun would shine on them. To elaborate, a BromoSelzerbottle or lotion bottles mixed in with red-colored and transparent Minature Glass Bottles that are also on a single occasion contained medicines through the early twentieth century will make an appealing container assortment for people not acquainted with these varieties of glass antiques. Miniature container continually seem pleasant in any space on the home, whether it’s a dinner hall, the kitchen, or on the bathroom shelf.

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Winter fails to deter Bill & Mark as they continue same embankment @ “Jug Central” dump even with snow cover & ground frozen. Watch the pick axe swing, the wheelbarrow roll, and the bottles drop out like a pinata’. There’s even an avalanche! Of course what would “jug central” be without a couple more stoneware whiskey jugs, & to cap it off….some sick, rare cobalt blue medicines! WITH PERMISSION FROM LANDOWNER

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