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<p>[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 2244368, member: 7360"]"janetpjohn", the Czechoslovakian set is exactly the same shape, although a different colour scheme, and the understamp is the same, so I guess that is where it comes from, unless the seller got it wrong. I always thought that the "Foreign" referred to Germany between the wars, as well Japan, so that is something learnt! And "lightning bolt handles" is a useful term for the future! Maybe the wear is from washing, although why mainly on one side, and why wash a sugar bowl more than once in a blue moon anyway? But the other listing of a teaset (with the same backstamp) by "I need help" has similar wear, so I think I will have to abandon my fantasy of a writer caressing it while suffering from writer's block, and instead imagine an over-zealous housewife at the sink!</p><p>I do have an art deco silvered German piece by WMF, a beautiful teapot in pristine condition. The shape is apparently called "Anmut". It's very heavy, and I believe that the silver was laid over copper or steel, which may explain why it hasn't worn off, although it may have been little used. I am going to ebay it when I can manage to take a photo without me appearing mirrored on the surface! Does anyone have tips on taking photographs of reflective objects? The teapot may have looked good on a white tablecloth in candlelight, but it's so difficult to capture it without all the background. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]256032[/ATTACH] </p><p>This seller had the same difficulty:</p><p><a href="https://shop.kusera.de/Bauhaus-WMF-Tea-Pot-Anmut-silverplated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.kusera.de/Bauhaus-WMF-Tea-Pot-Anmut-silverplated" rel="nofollow">https://shop.kusera.de/Bauhaus-WMF-Tea-Pot-Anmut-silverplated</a></p><p>Thanks everyone, </p><p>Valerie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 2244368, member: 7360"]"janetpjohn", the Czechoslovakian set is exactly the same shape, although a different colour scheme, and the understamp is the same, so I guess that is where it comes from, unless the seller got it wrong. I always thought that the "Foreign" referred to Germany between the wars, as well Japan, so that is something learnt! And "lightning bolt handles" is a useful term for the future! Maybe the wear is from washing, although why mainly on one side, and why wash a sugar bowl more than once in a blue moon anyway? But the other listing of a teaset (with the same backstamp) by "I need help" has similar wear, so I think I will have to abandon my fantasy of a writer caressing it while suffering from writer's block, and instead imagine an over-zealous housewife at the sink! I do have an art deco silvered German piece by WMF, a beautiful teapot in pristine condition. The shape is apparently called "Anmut". It's very heavy, and I believe that the silver was laid over copper or steel, which may explain why it hasn't worn off, although it may have been little used. I am going to ebay it when I can manage to take a photo without me appearing mirrored on the surface! Does anyone have tips on taking photographs of reflective objects? The teapot may have looked good on a white tablecloth in candlelight, but it's so difficult to capture it without all the background. [ATTACH=full]256032[/ATTACH] This seller had the same difficulty: [URL]https://shop.kusera.de/Bauhaus-WMF-Tea-Pot-Anmut-silverplated[/URL] Thanks everyone, Valerie[/QUOTE]
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