German hand mirror unknown maker - Z?

[ozogs]

Hi, can I please ask if anyone can shed any light on the approx age and maker of this German hand mirror? I can't find any information online other than the standard German silver marks. Thanking you in advance for any help.

[silverport]

Hello

The mirrors back side is hollow beneath the surface — to struck there is need sensibility; because a hard strike could damage.

I guess that the Z-mark is the partly struck maker’s mark from »Koch & Bergfeld« - see the following excerpt of mark, from a Hand book for Professionals, from 1903:



»Koch & Bergfeld« made also in their hollowware range items like your mirror. I haven’t a catalogues from this range of products — in the style the mirror looks like to be from the time period between the two World Wars.

»Koch & Bergfeld« is still in business — and in their archive could be found the model number as well (of course, if it is a K&B product, as I guess).

Look here: http://www.koch-bergfeld.com/

I think they would help you, to find an answer.

But because mirrors are »hollowware«, maybe you must take contact to the »corpus« section?

http://www.koch-bergfeld-corpus.com/

Sorry that actually I couldn’t do more for you.

Kind regards silverport

[silverfan]

I doubt that it is Koch & Bergfeld, because he firm allways puts the mark (Fußschale) in front of the purity and then halfmoon and crown (sometimes halfmoon and crown are lacking).

[silverport]

Hello silverfan

I came across this now nearly two years on, on an answer waiting question during my search back-forwards for open questions — for »German Silver« I’ve start from page 14 on. Well, some I couldn’t push forward; I don’t live there — and my archive and collection I haven’t here, now already some years on. So, my brain must help and work. Not all is in the internet!
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Kind regards silverport