Begeer 's mark used as retailer's mark & maker's marks of Wolfers Frères

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Begeer 's mark used as retailer's mark & maker's marks of Wolfers Frères

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The maker’s marks of Wolfers Frères; monogram WF, climbing lion, three five pointed stars in trefoil and running animal (deer) in conjunction with the mark of C.J. Begeer, Royal Silverware Factory in Utrecht; CB above star together with Begeer in rectangle. CB above star used from 1868-1920. At the top we also see the writing letter V, Dutch tax mark for foreign imported silver or gold objects without guarantee of fineness minimum 250/000 used 1906-1953.
Wolfers Frères maker’s mark the three five pointed stars in trefoil and the monogram WF in contour were used several times by Wolfers Frères in combination with fantasy marks; a climbing (Brussels?) lion and a mythical animal - often interpreted as a walking deer. This is usually combined with a fineness mark in thousand (millesimes), as seen in the image. There is as yet no specific explanation for this series of marks, but it was in any case only used by Wolfers Frères in the interbellum period. Wolfers Frères sales catalogs used during this interwar period also featured silverware with these fantasy marks. It is particularly interesting to see these marks with the maker’s mark of Begeer, used as retailer’s mark.
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Wolfers frères Brussels silversmith company. The Wolfers Frères name was retained from 1897 until the discontinuation of production in 1974. The management of the company in Brussels was successively in the hands of Philippe Wolfers (until 1929), Marcel Wolfers (until approximately 1946-1947) and Freddy Wolfers. Wolfers Frères, together with Delheid Frères, was the largest producer of bourgeois silverware in Belgium from the end of the 19th century to the 1970s. In addition to the many pieces in neo styles, their Art Nouveau and Art Deco pieces designed by Philippe and Marcel Wolfers are particularly known. The silverware was delivered through an extensive network of prestigious houses such as Anthony (Antwerp), Bourdon (Ghent), Hardy (Liège), Begeer (Utrecht), Bonebakker (Amsterdam), Cartier (Paris), Goldschmidt (Cologne), Krischer (Düsseldorf) ) and Keyser (Leipzig), sold both domestically and abroad.

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