zg = "fancy gilt" on WMF dish

[DianaGaleM]

I'm afraid I can't post an image due to copyright concerns, but in this case, I don't think one is needed...

In WMF's 1906 reprinted "Art Nouveau" catalog, it shows a list of marks, including supplementary ones stamped on holloware. One of these supplementary marks is "zg," which is said to mean, "fancy-gilt."

I'm looking at online images of a dish that appears to "go with" a WMF flatware pattern that was produced 1896-1903. The dish has the correct WMF mark for the period — an ostrich and WMF G in a rhomboid, no beehive — plus the "zg" mark.

The piece is in terrible condition, with much silver plate worn off. It *looks* like the base metal is brass. So...

I'm puzzled what "fancy-gilt" could have meant here.

Diana