Thank you,
Jack
Old Breslau - Help needed
Old Breslau - Help needed
Hello there, I have an old breslau tray. Problem is that the date mark on this tray is from 1761-1776, but the maker mark look like the one used by Christian Maximilian Schmidt (CMS), who according to Hintz has worked in 1723-1751. There is at least 10 years discrepancy. Most likely I misidentified the maker, but maybe this example proves Hintze wrong. What do you think?
Thank you,
Jack
Thank you,
Jack
No error here, the maker is Carl Maximillian Powalsky (fl 1753-1790); see Hintze page 140. Hintze doesn't illustrate Powalsky's mark, but describes it as "CMP in a leaf-form field". Note that Schmidt's mark is in a heart, not the leafy outline here; and once you know the bottom letter is a "P" not an "S", you can really see it.
Hope this helps!
PS: As it is now over 100 years old and in the public domain, Erin Hintze's classic (and still unsurpassed) Die Breslauer Goldschmiede is available in its entirety as a totally free downloadable PDF from Google Books.
Hope this helps!
PS: As it is now over 100 years old and in the public domain, Erin Hintze's classic (and still unsurpassed) Die Breslauer Goldschmiede is available in its entirety as a totally free downloadable PDF from Google Books.