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<p>[QUOTE="fidbald, post: 72986, member: 61"]somehow I'm getting a bad feeling. Wandete auf Rosen und vergissmein nicht is very doubtful "German" even for older 19th c. . it would be "Wande<b>r</b>te" (wandered) and "<b>V</b>ergissmeinnicht" (forget-me-not), two faults that would not have been acceptable even if the owner was a yokel from the flat lands.</p><p>also the CHRISTIAN KLEIN seel. Wittwe is doubtful. there's a genitive missing, at least an apostrophe after KLEIN'</p><p>seel. Wittwe would be "selige Witwe" (blessed = passed away widow)</p><p><br /></p><p>the bottom looks newer than the rest.</p><p>perhaps the Polish and Russians start to fake German/prussian stuff because the Judaica trail has worn out ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fidbald, post: 72986, member: 61"]somehow I'm getting a bad feeling. Wandete auf Rosen und vergissmein nicht is very doubtful "German" even for older 19th c. . it would be "Wande[B]r[/B]te" (wandered) and "[B]V[/B]ergissmeinnicht" (forget-me-not), two faults that would not have been acceptable even if the owner was a yokel from the flat lands. also the CHRISTIAN KLEIN seel. Wittwe is doubtful. there's a genitive missing, at least an apostrophe after KLEIN' seel. Wittwe would be "selige Witwe" (blessed = passed away widow) the bottom looks newer than the rest. perhaps the Polish and Russians start to fake German/prussian stuff because the Judaica trail has worn out ?[/QUOTE]
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