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Title: Armorial or makers mark ?
Post by: bat20 on February 28, 2024, 02:40:41 PM

Hi , I found a couple of glasses with engraved marks that could be a customers arms ,but they seem a tad lonely for that !?,could they be a German makers mark ??

Title: Re: Armorial or makers mark ?
Post by: Ekimp on February 28, 2024, 10:50:55 PM

Definitely a heraldic symbol.

I have a different one that includes a motto, the design (heraldic charge or armorial bearing?) sits on a similar row of alternate shaded ovals, the row of ovals seems a fairly common feature. Here is another one: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1568071023/free-blown-wine-with-engraved-griffin

Your design is wheel engraved, you don’t give the size but I suspect it is small and so is quite finely engraved, I think I can even see fingernails. They would be expensive and prominent makers marks.

Title: Re: Armorial or makers mark ?
Post by: bat20 on February 29, 2024, 09:13:20 AM

Hi Ekimp , yup I’ve had examples before this one seems a bit minimal though ,but I think you’re probably right . It’s 1.5 cm from top of scimitar to it’s base .

Title: Re: Armorial or makers mark ?
Post by: Ekimp on February 29, 2024, 05:28:34 PM

Quite small then. Scaling roughly off your photo, that makes the fingers only about 0.5mm wide. Fine work.