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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 133565, member: 111"]Sorry, didn't see any evidence on that 925-1000 thread regarding the dating of the reversed mark, just an unfounded assumption by the OP (his flask is unlikely to date earlier than 1895, when Alvin acquired patent rights to the silver deposit technique they used), and have seen the reversed/mirrored variant on pieces that were not introduced until the early 20th century. Possible that mark came into use in 1897, when the company was acquired by Fahys, and does seem likely the earlier 'wyvern' mark was from the Beiderhase years...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 133565, member: 111"]Sorry, didn't see any evidence on that 925-1000 thread regarding the dating of the reversed mark, just an unfounded assumption by the OP (his flask is unlikely to date earlier than 1895, when Alvin acquired patent rights to the silver deposit technique they used), and have seen the reversed/mirrored variant on pieces that were not introduced until the early 20th century. Possible that mark came into use in 1897, when the company was acquired by Fahys, and does seem likely the earlier 'wyvern' mark was from the Beiderhase years... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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