Mark Unknown. Very rare. Looks like spire and bridge

[hardy]

Can you please view these photos and give me your opinions on this rare mark. http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc14 ... dy_photos/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; [/img]

[2209patrick]

[byron mac donald]

Hi Hardy-

Even after Patrick's enhancment, I cant make it out. Perhaps look here at breakfast, I mean "Hungary"

http://www.mirs.gov.si/fileadmin/um.gov ... EUzigi.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Let us know if it looks like one of those- Byron

[hardy]

I have posted a drawing of the mark. please have a look at that. The URL is the same. http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc14 ... dy_photos/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bahner]

Hello, looks like the mark of the metal workshop of the arts and crafts school "Burg Giebichenstein" in Halle, Germany. This cup seems not to have been documented so far, though quite a few books have been published on the school. The school still exists and has an archive. On their homepage

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one can see a version of this mark. A transcription of the text on the cup might help, too. Best wishes, Bahner

[hardy]

Dear Bahner. Thank you so much for the information on the silver mark.You were correct I have looked at the web site @ the archive site.I believe the chalice was made in 1936 but do not know who the silversmith was. I would love to know who it was but do not know how to get that information. The first part of the inscription is as follows: Wirke Gutes du Nah-Rest der Menschheit Gottliche Pflanze Bilde Shones du Streust Keime des Gottlichen Aus. Hope this is of interest to you.Thank you again Regards Hardy.

[Bahner]

Hello , that is a quote from German writer Friedrich Schiller "Wirke Gutes, du nährst der Menschheit Göttliche Pflanze; bilde Schönes, du streust Keime des Göttlichen aus". All those diphtongs ....
Head of the metal workshop 1923-1958 was Karl Müller (b. 1888, d. 1972). He designed many of the objects. There were several craftsmen at the workshop who excuted Müller's designs and also executed their own designs. Without further info one can only guess. Best wishes, Bahner

[kerangoumar]

"Wirke Gutes, du nährst der Menschheit Göttliche Pflanze; bilde Schönes, du streust Keime des Göttlichen aus"

Do good works, you nourish Humanity's divine plant; create beautiful [work], you sow germs of the divine