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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1971255, member: 111"]Ugh, those darned fleur-de-lis marks (the Justice mark is a 'J' in a heart and triangle) - the Davis & Galt fleur-de-lis is in a shield, later registered to William Linker, but Rainwater showed it without shield for Linker, and since she didn't show any marks for Ludwig, Redlich & Co., and only their merlion mark (reg'd. in 1892) under Redlich & Co., their goods often show up as either Linker or Wm. B. Kerr, who registered a similar fleur-de-lis in 1892. The Ludwig, Redlich fleur-de-lis is well documented in period publications, and the mark had, as most silver marks, a number of variants - the match safe was made by Ludwig, Redlich & Co.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]247024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1st pic shows a more typical version on one of their enameled fleur-de-lis match safes, the 2nd, more like the OP's, is on the same style enamel fleur-de-lis match safe:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]247025[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]247026[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1971255, member: 111"]Ugh, those darned fleur-de-lis marks (the Justice mark is a 'J' in a heart and triangle) - the Davis & Galt fleur-de-lis is in a shield, later registered to William Linker, but Rainwater showed it without shield for Linker, and since she didn't show any marks for Ludwig, Redlich & Co., and only their merlion mark (reg'd. in 1892) under Redlich & Co., their goods often show up as either Linker or Wm. B. Kerr, who registered a similar fleur-de-lis in 1892. The Ludwig, Redlich fleur-de-lis is well documented in period publications, and the mark had, as most silver marks, a number of variants - the match safe was made by Ludwig, Redlich & Co. [ATTACH=full]247024[/ATTACH] The 1st pic shows a more typical version on one of their enameled fleur-de-lis match safes, the 2nd, more like the OP's, is on the same style enamel fleur-de-lis match safe: [ATTACH=full]247025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]247026[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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