MS makers mark on jugendstil spoons - Max Strobl?

[Peartree]

I have purchased a set of very good jugendstil / art nouveau silver, enamel and chrysoprase teaspoons. They carry import marks for London, 1903, Henry Charles Freeman. They carry no other assay marks but do carry an MS mark in a lozenge - see images. I believe this is for the Munich jeweller/silversmith Max Strobl - is someone able to confirm or correct this?

A further question arises as to the actual maker and designer. A friend has an identical spoon marked for the Pforzheim firm of Hermann and Speck. Stylistically these spoons look like the work of Karl Hermann. Is it therefore likely that "MS" was simply the German retailer?







Thank you

Anthony

[Peartree]

I have answered my own question from a different source. MS is the German importer Max Stollsteimer, nothing to do with Max Strobl

[dognose]

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for updating the topic.

Trev.