Logo on Christofle Bottle Opener

Bought today


Does anyone of you know who's logo this is?

 

Just a WAG that it's a heavily stylized FL. The circles form arms of the F and the base arm of the L.

 

That's what I read to. And 1980s-ish.

Debora

 

I also think it's FL, and it looks familiar. I know I've seen this type of letters before.

 

Does look familiar. And I think I was too late re date. Perhaps as early as 1960s.

Debora

 

I tried finding it here https://www.wipo.int/en/web/trademarks but no luck
It could still be one of the brands they mention there, but they don't show logos with an expired registration

 

What part of the world did you find it in?

Debora

 

Netherlands

 

Next search attempt will be here https://www.boip.int/en/trademarks-register?app=/advanced-search
169 pages to go, but it's dinner time for me, so the search will continue later this evening...

 

So it's most likely going to be a European company. A corporate gift. Sterling or plate? (I'm seeing it in both.)

Debora

 

Plate

 

Why don't you search here? Submit it too. The domain holder may recognize it or be interested in seeing it.

https://logosbrands.com/

Debora

 

Searched, but not found.
And the submit form is not to ask questions, but to submit logos with the brand name, and add it to their database

 

The Christofle website says "This bottle opener bearing the image of Emperor Napoleon I appeared in Christofle's catalog from 1960 to 2004."
https://www.christofle.com/us_en/bottle-opener-napoleon-1er-silvered-vintage-v04240211.html

It doesn't help much for narrowing things down, though. Looking at the wear on yours, @Marote , it seems likely that it would be from the first half of that date range, as Debora has already suggested.

 

I saw that some Christofle Napoleon bottle openers also have the "coll. Gallia" mark. That mark was used from c.1935-c.1975 (https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASGALLIAMARKS.html). Mine doesn't have that mark, so this could be a later edition.
The black you see in the photos is dirt ... err..... patina. I still need to clean it up a bit more, but the opener's already looking better than in the pics I posted.