Inkwell With 18Th Century Style....

[jbb]

I found this inkwell & pounce pot set with an 18th century style but when was it made? My guess is late 19th to early 20th century -- a retro piece at that time. There are no markings and one source indicated these were made in Germany. Anyone know more?

 

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[Bo Bo Olson]

Show me the bottom with the makers markings.

 

This mark tells me this is 1885 KPM Waldenberg....my wife has all the books.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0434-1.jpg

 

This has the sander too.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0432-1.jpg

[jbb]

There are no markings that I can find at all.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The good news is my wife thinks the work is well done.

The bad news is the lack of a mark. To make something like that requires skilled workers.

 

Histerismus..... is part of Grunderzeit.

As the German middle class developed after 1870-1895-1900-1910.

Part of putting on the dog was putting fake old furniture and pewter or things like that, came in to show your family had a history, and were not the jumped up Johnny Come Lately they were.

Normally there should be a mark...there was a Porcelain strasse(road..like the Wine strasse, or the Whiskey trail in Scotland.) in Germany and (Czechoslovakia before WW2) where 50 or 100 small factories made porcelain. Most(all) had their own marks.

Sometimes it might be easier to sell a good piece with out a mark, than to mark it because the factory was not known as 'high quality'.

 

 

Those in the older not having anything to prove middle and upper classes as of 1895-1914 were into Jugenstile or Art Nouveau, as they got away from the 'new middle class' ""old"" family furniture.

 

My wife can not tell with out a mark from when it is. Could be 1830's**....to 1930.

**Has a '1730's look, I think the 'decor' would be a bit different...so tend to think 1870-95

 

I don't see much wear on the piece. Just it is missing two tops.Is one of the 'waves' broken off and glued back on?

 

It could be a made for the tourists and the American's stationed in Germany from the '50's to recently.

The instant 'antique' sold in Officer club (not NCO) bazaars and or authorized stands in or near a PX.

 

I'd say it looked German to me, but it could well be French. There were also hundreds of French porcelain makers. Histerismus/Grunderzeit has a different name in French...I don't remember what it is.

 

I could well be wrong, but it does not have an Italian feeling to it.

Sorry I was not of much help.

[jbb]

Thank you Bo Bo Olson!