Featured There's something fishy going on ....

All i know is that it is German, or is it...

1 I would like to know who made it, and when?
2 Is it art deco?
3 Why is the backmark printed in French?

Thank you for your help.







Thank you.

 

I'd call it Art Deco, a nice example of the style. I think the text is in French because it was made specifically for export to France, for the same reason that they would have put "Made in Germany" if they intended to ship it to an English-speaking country.

 

I wonder if the pattern was made by more than one company or if there were mergers etc. Not sure who used your Crown mark, it's not very distinctive. Hopefully someone knows it.

Here is what I think is your pattern on Replacements that they say is Pirkenhammer, no mark shown.

https://www.replacements.com/china-pirkenhammer-11255/c/558916


I think this is also your pattern with the Eco star Meissen mark that could be C. Teichert or Bloch & Co (I think), someone may know.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/312572060943





From Rontgen's

 

I think it would be reasonable to conclude that there are at least three makers using the main element of the design. Then they go their own ways with different trimmings.

I am not convinced by your argument regarding the Mark in France. While the French would well have had anti-German feelings during the art deco period, the obvious thing for the German company to use English, which would have equally let them into the USA.