Jugendstil beaker; Franz Rumwolf ?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:28 am
by AG2012
Art Nouveau beaker, 6 inches tall. ``FR`` should be Franz Rumwolf, Vienna.
Interestingly, a silver item with exactly the same ``FR`` mark evaluated by Dorotheum auction house was attributed to another maker.
Is it Franz Rumwolf?
Re: Jugendstil beaker; Franz Rumwolf ?
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:29 am
by joris
Your attribution to Rumwolf must surely be correct. All the other "FR" marks seem to have dots, sans-serif letters, notches in the borders, or entirely different shapes. The only other similar mark I see is from Franz Riessner, who was so much earlier that he must be excluded on stylistic grounds, as well as the presence of the Dianakopf mark.