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Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:26 pm
by micaela
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.

Regards

Micaela

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Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:55 pm
by Hose_dk
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

Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:25 am
by blakstone
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.

Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:52 am
by Bahner
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 !).

Re: Help with this flower centerpice I think is german

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:03 pm
by Hose_dk
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 :-)