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nihontochicken Posts: 289 Registered: May 2003	posted 04-18-2005 03:14 PM Here are some small (11 cm length), dainty, filigree sugar tongs that I recently picked up. Any opinions or guesses as to who, where and when for this post-1888 German piece? TIA! IP: Logged
sazikov2000 Posts: 254 Registered: Jan 2005	posted 04-18-2005 07:22 PM There are long discussions on this forum how and with what equipment one should take fotos of silver and/or hallmarks..... I can only guess: if it is a little flag, then it is the German firm: Doublina-Besteckfabrik; now: A. Wieder, successor of H. Lehn in Stade/Nether-Elbe This type was en vogue between 1900 - 1940 If it is no flag, I do not know. Hope that helps Sazikov 2000 [This message has been edited by sazikov2000 (edited 04-18-2005).] IP: Logged
nihontochicken Posts: 289 Registered: May 2003	posted 04-19-2005 12:56 AM Thanks, Sazikov. Yes, I suppose it may be a small flag, though at a somewhat strange angle. This piece, though not terribly old, is amazing in the amount of handwork involved. It is all built up from about 20 separate structural pieces, plus over a hundred individual filagree strips, all silver soldered together, yet with no breakage as of yet, even though some small base soldered junctions are subject to leveraged bending. One piece I will not subject to any further use. Sure don't make them like this anymore. IP: Logged

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