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Title: German weight?
Post by: bat20 on February 02, 2015, 05:04:28 PM

Hi all,I bought this some time ago online and sadly it has a few dinks and what not,I thought it maybe German,any thoughts manythanks

Title: Re: German weight?
Post by: LesBeatiques on February 04, 2015, 05:59:33 PM

Hi Bat20,

Yes, I believe your intuition is correct; probably out of Thuringia (Von Brackel, "Classic Silesian Bohemian" Pg. 300).

For me, the "tell" is in the second row of canes with the yellow floral centers and the red sheathed white strands of filigree round the circumference.

Many thanks,
Eric

Title: Re: German weight?
Post by: bat20 on February 04, 2015, 06:25:40 PM

Thanks LB,yet another book to get I feel,it has a quite a few dinks unfortunately and would probably cost to much to bring it back to it's former glory so I might give it a go with a dremil myself.

Title: Re: German weight?
Post by: flying free on February 04, 2015, 08:03:44 PM

how old might this be please - and why would you not leave it as is, as it carries it's history with it?  The 'wrinkles of life' are it's DNA.
m

Title: Re: German weight?
Post by: bat20 on February 04, 2015, 08:17:00 PM

I'm guessing about 100 years and a good point m,I think I'll do just that.