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<p>[QUOTE="Marote, post: 10010080, member: 84568"]Bought this vase Saturday. Marked WMF, 17 cm (base 7.5 cm)</p><p>Still some polishing to do, but it already looks much better than when I bought it. The inside was completely black.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]502768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]502769[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are no additional marks</p><p>Mark mentioned here <a href="https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASWMFHOLLOWWAREMARKS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASWMFHOLLOWWAREMARKS.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASWMFHOLLOWWAREMARKS.html</a></p><p>"Finally, the same 2D combination of three letters, "W"", "M", and "F", but placed in an "empty" arch, was used in 1935-1945."</p><p>and</p><p>"The next WMF mark contains the famous 2D combination of three letters, "W", "M", and "F", placed in an empty arch. The size of the arch varies between 1.7 mm x 2.5 mm and 2.2 mm x 3.3 mm. No secondary markings were mentioned for this mark. Rather rare."</p><p>[ATTACH=full]502766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]502767[/ATTACH] </p><p>Found one online that seems to be identical, but that one had the mark on the center of the base and was marked as silverplated. I looked under the felt to see if there were any additional marks there, but the WMF mark really seems to be the only one on the vase.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, is this indeed the 1935-1945 mark? Is it likely to be silverplated, even when there's no mark indicating this? And is there a specific name for this type of vase?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marote, post: 10010080, member: 84568"]Bought this vase Saturday. Marked WMF, 17 cm (base 7.5 cm) Still some polishing to do, but it already looks much better than when I bought it. The inside was completely black. [ATTACH=full]502768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]502769[/ATTACH] There are no additional marks Mark mentioned here [URL]https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASWMFHOLLOWWAREMARKS.html[/URL] "Finally, the same 2D combination of three letters, "W"", "M", and "F", but placed in an "empty" arch, was used in 1935-1945." and "The next WMF mark contains the famous 2D combination of three letters, "W", "M", and "F", placed in an empty arch. The size of the arch varies between 1.7 mm x 2.5 mm and 2.2 mm x 3.3 mm. No secondary markings were mentioned for this mark. Rather rare." [ATTACH=full]502766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]502767[/ATTACH] Found one online that seems to be identical, but that one had the mark on the center of the base and was marked as silverplated. I looked under the felt to see if there were any additional marks there, but the WMF mark really seems to be the only one on the vase. So, is this indeed the 1935-1945 mark? Is it likely to be silverplated, even when there's no mark indicating this? And is there a specific name for this type of vase?[/QUOTE]
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