Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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micaela
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Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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Hi, I found this centerpiece and I think is german for the inscription in the front. Sealed 800 and maker mark for my is incomplet.
If you know anithing about this item I thanks you for the info.

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Micaela

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Hose_dk
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Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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could be him http://www.kunstbreite.ch/Kuenstlerwerd ... _guido.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
mark is half moon and crown - so german allreight
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Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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Much more likely Carl Frey & Sohn of Breslau, Poland (but part of Germany from 1871 to WWI). They were a large and important firm, in business from 1861 until WWII.
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Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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Hello, that is Carl Frey and Sons from Breslau / Wroclaw, acting as retailers here. There is no crown visible here - that is because the halfmoon here is not the halfmoon from the German hallmarks but the halfmoon used by Wilkens as a maker's mark in the years ca. 1875 to 1888. As the "800" was introduced in 1884 this piece can be dated to 1884-1888. Best wishes, Bahner (NB - blakstone, Breslau as the capital of Silesia was German from 1742 to 1945 !).
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Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

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ah ha - I used a google and fount the other one. & I beleived that the crown was not so visible, So I learned something today :-)
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