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sickpup72 Posts: 4 |
posted 01-30-2005 01:01 PM
  
[26-0094 07-0196] I found a pair of matching German spoons post-1888, but have been unable to identify the maker's mark. Any help would be greatly appreciated. IP: Logged |
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sazikov2000 Posts: 254 |
posted 01-30-2005 01:34 PM
The maker´s mark FZM is the mark of the firm: Franz Mosgrau IP: Logged |
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sickpup72 Posts: 4 |
posted 01-30-2005 01:44 PM
Thank you very much for your quick reply. Your info helps a lot. By any chance do you know during what time period this manufacturer/silversmith was in business? Regards, [This message has been edited by sickpup72 (edited 01-30-2005).] IP: Logged |
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sazikov2000 Posts: 254 |
posted 01-30-2005 03:47 PM
Sorry, I made a typing mistake. The correct name is: Franz Mosgau This name and the address given are listed in a small "Besteck-Buch", Besteckmarken Verzeichnis(cutlery book, list of the marks of the manufacturer)printed 1952 in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm is out of business since 1960. Regards Sazikov IP: Logged |
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sickpup72 Posts: 4 |
posted 01-30-2005 03:58 PM
Thank you again for all the info. Regards, IP: Logged |
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blakstone Posts: 493 |
posted 01-30-2005 08:31 PM
I can add that the firm was quite an old one, founded in 1807, and that the "FZM" mark was first used in 1886 and formally registered in 1896. I believe they were located in Berlin. [This message has been edited by blakstone (edited 01-30-2005).] IP: Logged |
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sickpup72 Posts: 4 |
posted 01-30-2005 09:08 PM
Thank you blakstone. I've read quite a few of your postings, and you are an endless fountain of knowledge. Sincere Regards, Cary IP: Logged |
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blakstone Posts: 493 |
posted 01-30-2005 11:34 PM
I expect they must have moved. (Maybe after the wall went up?) Here's their listing from the same directory, but the 1925 edition: Also, Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers' "Bestecke des Jugendstils" has them in Berlin. She also notes that they executed at least one pattern designed by the great Peter Behrens, so they must have been a pretty good firm. IP: Logged |
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sazikov2000 Posts: 254 |
posted 01-31-2005 07:44 AM
blakstone- thank you very much for broaden my mind. There is still another mark of this firm, FZM in modern, capital letters - I think it is the mark for the time after WW II. Regards Sazikov2000 IP: Logged |
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