hello Pamela - forgive my ignorance as a 'newcomer' - but what date (approx.) were these French pieces copied by the Taiwanese. However, somehow I don't have the same feeling about the W's. It wud seem that pieces with a W are datable (beyond reasonable doubt) to the late 30's - 40's.
I think Anne's idea of photographing all available pieces with a W is a good idea - to build up a pictorial list of associated pieces - but where do we store them??
I'm sure that if Chris has wracked his brain on this one, then the anwer is not going to come easily. Might the letter stand for.........a place, a country, War, a designer,
I suppose the imagination might run riot with ideas. cheers Paul S.