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Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
Nothing in the letterforms that is a hot lead, I’m afraid. “Bewährtes Fabrikat” looks like a style that was common in the first decade of the 1900s, plus/minus several years. “Deponirt” uses the old …1 -
Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
I meant the crown that goes with the GM monogram. A heraldist might know whether this is indeed a depiction that matches the crown as used by the Kingdom of Saxony.1 -
Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
What Andreas said. I agree that the frame in the first image looks typically Jugendstil. Likewise, the (custom, non-typographic) letterforms with the reversed contrast and the club-like endings are s…1 -
Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
Hi Steve, good to hear from you! The numbers themselves don’t tell my anything. But the letterforms used for “Dieses Etikett bei Nachbestellung …” are pretty characteristic. They are from a typeface …1 -
Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
Sorry, I can’t speak to the swash italic numero sign.1
