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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 89781, member: 44"]Steins with the Neushwanstein Castle are probably one of the most numerous souvenir from that corner of the world. I have an all pewter one that as af said is "seriously over the top." Our daughter brought it home to me about 25 years ago from her tour.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the moment I can't ID the maker of yours, and af said probably wouldn't help much, but a maker's name might attract a mite more attention to an auction. The following is no doubt not news to you, but in case not.... An angel (yours is the Angel of Justice) is a common device use in European pewter touchmarks. "Fein Zinn," sometimes written only as F.Z., is/was used in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland on pewter with little or no lead.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 89781, member: 44"]Steins with the Neushwanstein Castle are probably one of the most numerous souvenir from that corner of the world. I have an all pewter one that as af said is "seriously over the top." Our daughter brought it home to me about 25 years ago from her tour. At the moment I can't ID the maker of yours, and af said probably wouldn't help much, but a maker's name might attract a mite more attention to an auction. The following is no doubt not news to you, but in case not.... An angel (yours is the Angel of Justice) is a common device use in European pewter touchmarks. "Fein Zinn," sometimes written only as F.Z., is/was used in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland on pewter with little or no lead. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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