Arts and Crafts Copper Tray Marked With Running Bird in Dimond

German and Austrian Copper and Brass

(c) Vin Callcut 2002-2021.

Small extracts can exist used with acknowledgements to 'Oldcopper.org' website.

Helpful comments are very welcome.

This covers some of the makers and quality marks ordinarily found in Austria and Germany.

The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the urban center of Weimar by High german architect Walter Gropius. Its core objective was to reimagine the textile world to reflect the unity of all the arts. In 1925, the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, where Gropius designed a new building to house the school. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe succeeded him in 1930 and had to relocate to Berlin where it had to shut in 1933.

DRGM  German patent marker (pregnant Deutsches Reich Geschmacksmuster   (or Gebrauchmuster?)) that appears with or without a registration number.  Information technology seems to have been introduced effectually 1891 and was used on both domestic and industrial designs also as jewellery.  Officially it was withdrawn in 1945 simply also appears on some items of a later engagement. This is a rare example of the use of both design registration marks, found nether a practiced folding alphabetic character rack made from sheet brass.
Geschützt, Geschutz,   Geschuetz,German marking covering a proprietary copyright, used until 1883.  (Geschützt = 'Protected' in English).  The mark was likewise used in Austria.  This one is on a candlestick base. Ges. Gesch.(gesetzlich geschützt) used in Austria and Germany to  note copyright protected blueprint. Musterschutz Another term for protection of registered designs used from late 19th to early on 20th centuries.  It is seen on both cast and wrought brassware just occurs most ofttimes under ceramic steins and some plaques.
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. is the German national organization for standardization. There are currently around 30 thousand DIN Standards, covering nearly every field of technology. Listing of DIN standards. DIN represents Frg's co-operation on European (CEN) and International (ISO) standards committees.
Geschützt, in a circular stamp on a screw nutcracker.
Gebrüder Bing , Nürnburg, Deutschland, founded in 1863 byIgnatz and Adolf Bing, initially making kitchen items and subsequently condign 1 of the largest toy manufacturers in Europe. They closed in 1932.  The copper factory site in Nürnburg was taken over past Diehl Metall in 1938. This mark is said to have been popular during the flow 1906-1912. The lower one was plant under a kettle calibrated to 'Two pints'.
Harald Buchrucker, (1897-1985) metalworker in Bauhaus manner during the 1930s in Germany.
'CA' or 'AC' unknown monogram plant under a well styled sparse copper jug of mid 20th century.  Further details welcome.
Unknown coppersmith marker. Peradventure the marker of Joseph Bernard Citroen, a Dutch metalworker. (Thanks to Bob de Bouwer)
Carl Deffner, Esslingen, Germany, decorative copper, brass and plated tableware.  He was born in 1856 and took over management of his father'southward metalware factory in 1900.  Responsible for many fantabulous designs during the art nouveau and fine art deco periods.  The factory closed in  1959.
Dornach, Switzerland. Marks D .
Erhard & Söhne was founded in 1844 by Gottlieb Erhard and his two sons  in Schwäbisch Gmünd, about 50km e of Stuttgart in Baden-Wutttemberg, Germany.  During the company's life, they made a multifariousness of products including haberdashery also silver plated or gold plated contumely and bronze, dollshouse accessories and toys.  Since 1945 the visitor has specialised in the Unimog range of 4-wheel bulldoze utility vehicles.  (ack: Wikipedia). New Text Page :- Erhard and Sons.
F & R Fischer,Göppingen, between Stuttgart and Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.  Göppingen is on the River Fils and just downstream ofGeislingen, home of WMF.  Information technology was founded in 1874 past Fritz and Robert Fischer.  About of the business firm closed during the financial crisis of 1934  just some products were still beingness made until 1966.  They produced well designed art metal hollowware and dishes bearing the distinctive twin fish mark.  This ane under a spirit kettle.
GMT & Brc., Germany, unknown marking on a brass tea caddy. More than information welcome.
Franz Hagenauer mark, Vienna, Austria. Austrian designer Carl Hagenauer established Hagenauer Werkstatten in 1898 and produced decorative metallic wares and bronzes designed in-house in the modernist and Jugendstil styles. (Several websites).
Hepp Brothers, Pforzheim, Baden Württemberg, Frg, makers of copper cookware.
Jurstmark in a crown under a long-legged bird nether a brass spirit kettle.  Berliner Metallwarenfabrik, H. A. Jurst & Co., founded 1847, became part of Fankonia Co in 1925 simply continued for some years after that (Thank you to D Vladov & Bahner, Berlin) . (Photo: Marianna Beem)
Kannenberg, Deutschland, maker unknown,  details welcome.  This mark on a lidded pot copper, brass and pewter  in the secessionist manner of Wiener Werkstatte.
J P Kayser & Son of Krefeld-Bochum, well-nigh Düsseldorf, Federal republic of germany were originally 'Leuconide Metalware Factory, founded around 1885.  They were tin can manufacturers and developed a lead-free pewter with the merchandise name'Kayserzinn' from 1894 to 1912.  Nether Jean and Engelbert Kayser, this was used in the making of Jugendstil items designed in Cologne by Hugo Leven and others.  They likewise produced well-fabricated copper and brass items and used the mark shown hither, found under a 1.5 litre brass spirit kettle c1895.  Other marks were used for the pewter items, numbered from 4,000 to 4999 during the menses 1894-1925.
This is a clearer example of the logo showing an eagle on a co-operative and looking correct with a snake in the beak.  It was found under a spirit kettle.
Lehman Brothers, Germany, copper and brass holloware.  Their agents in Britain were perchance Adolp Frankenau & Co of 121, Queen Victoria Street, London EC.  Lehman now make the LGB (Lehman Gross Bahn) range of garden railway models. This mark was used for items sold in the United states.
NMK, Neues Münchner Kunstgewerbe, (New Munich Arts and Crafts) founded in 1919 by Alois Wörle, a aureate and silversmith from Munich, Germany. (Thanks to Tom of www.925-one thousand.com). (Photo past Elizabeth Nevin).
Meersburg 'r' mark. German language Copper Cookware by Karl Raichle (1889-1965). He studied at the Bauhaus, Weimar in the 1920s before starting the Forge Karl Raichle in Meersburg, Bodensee, Baden-Württemberg, in 1930s.
MIW These letters were for" Metall-Intarsia-Werke". 1886 saw the foundation of Luppe+Heilbronner OHG by Otto Luppe and Milton Douglas Heilbronner. The main products then were chemically etched brass smoking accessories such as ash trays, smoking tables ,cigar boxes, but likewise etched contumely inlays for piece of furniture ornamentation. This marker is from the base of operations of a brass inlaid humidor. (Thanks to Guido Smoglian)
MMHandarbeit  mark on manus made copperware. Mussbach Metall Gmbh & Co. KG, Neustadt an der Weinstrasze, Germany. (Thanks to Trent, the Ozark Antiquarian).
'MO' or 'OM' mark, unknown but found also with a German DRGM mark. More data welcome.
N ürnberg Handwork Club with the initials of the Bavarian museums.
R & C Thousandmaker's mark found on a copper coffee percolator.  Identification of the maker welcome.
'Rhein Küpfer'  German term for 'Pure copper'.
RICHARD ROHAC mark under a blackened brass ashtray. Rohac began and completed his apprenticeship with Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien in Vienna as a teenager, and stayed with the workshop another nine years before opening his ain metalwork business in 1932.
VDM Metals GmbH (Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke) Corrosion resistant copper alloys, nickel coppers and stainless steels.
Christian Wagner, West Germany.  'This German visitor was run by my begetter and forefathers from 1524(!) until 1995.  The hammer inside the "W" is the traditional mark of the visitor.  Starting from coppersmith craftsmen, in the 1900's the visitor was transformed to an industrial enterprise, based in Esslingen am Neckar near Stuttgart in South Germany. Also the traditional copperware, the company was famous for professional person kitchenware of unique quality. In the 1990's, when more and more cheap kitchenware from far e came onto the market, this visitor had to give upwards, as and then many other traditional brands and companies.  The moving-picture show shows Christian Wagner, who was coppersmith in the 19th century and gave the visitor its proper name.' (ack: Reinhard Wagner).
Wesam unknown mark, more than information welcome.
L.W. marker of Louis Wiener,inventor of a patented java percolator with an 1898 design registration and patent number.  This item was made by F & R Fischer although marked 'Made in England'.   (Thanks to Alastair Lamont).
Unknown mark nether an art nouveau brass ash tray.
WMF  (Würtemburgische Machin Fabrik AG), originally founded in 1853 in Geislingen an der Steige, Federal republic of germany.See separate wmf page.
Wümak Berlin. Würtemburgische Metallmanufaktur Adolf Knecht M.k.b.H, established 1899 in Cannstadt, Stuttgart, Federal republic of germany. The firm has specialised in paper oil filters for the automotive manufacture since 1933.  Marking found under a pair of brass vases.
Mark forEugen Zintwho had a copperworks at Riedlingen, Baden Württemberg, on the River Danube in South West Deutschland.  He produced high quality pieces c1930 and had an association with Bauhaus design compages.  (Photo courtesy Barbara Turner, information from Ross Jackson and vendors).
Unknown mark, data welcome.

Copper Museum  Pähl-Fischen a.Ammersee, not far from Munich, Federal republic of germany.  Beneath are some marks found on items on display.  (Thanks to Karin & Ulrich Burchard).

Kupfermuseum Fischen.

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