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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 73081, member: 25&quot;]&#039;ig&#039; is a common suffix ending in German and can easily be dropped for abbreviation without losing the sense of the word, fert-fertig, lust-lustig, saft-saftig, why not seel-seelig?</p><p><br /></p><p>Changes of font and style were normal. See book title pages of the period, the epitome was the Victorian poster with a dozen different fonts and sizes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The criticism of this piece seems based on 21st century standards where if something is prescribed it is there. 18th&nbsp; C rule observance was a lot more hit and miss, and in any case, rules and their degree of observance varied widely from place to place, consider the Scottish provincial silversmith&#039;s marks. Not much &#039;standard&#039; about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks OK to me, without having it in hand.. It could be an older piece remodelled a bit, something that still goes on today with &#039;repurposed&#039; stuff. (Although I ran into something really weird the other day &#039;Reborn&#039; dolls. Barf. Cheaper than the psychiatric help these women really need, I suppose.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think we can be too pedantic about the German, that which is a solecism worthy of expulsion from the Mensur in Heidlberg&nbsp; may be common usage in the marshes of the Memel estuary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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