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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 4328378, member: 111&quot;]Well, of course there &#039;<i>should&#039; </i>be, but the lack of one doesn&#039;t mean it wasn&#039;t their production - there are numerous pieces without their dragonfly trademark attributed to Meyle &amp; Mayer by experts.&nbsp; My copy of Falk&#039;s &#039;Art Nouveau Jewellery from Pforzheim&#039; (2009) is in storage at the moment (otherwise, would have checked to see if this design might be shown), but it includes quite a few pieces by Meyle &amp; Mayer and other manufacturers that lack the makers&#039; marks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These Meyle &amp; Mayer pieces from the Tadema Gallery, which were included in Falk&#039;s book, do not bear the dragonfly mark:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-dragonfly-brooch/206338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-dragonfly-brooch/206338" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-dragonfly-brooch/206338</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/fairy-pendant/208528" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/fairy-pendant/208528" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/fairy-pendant/208528</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-bird-brooch/206389" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-bird-brooch/206389" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-jugendstil-bird-brooch/206389</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece (not illustrated in Falk&#039;s book), like those above, bears only a &#039;STERLING&#039; mark:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-butterfly-pendant/207011#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-butterfly-pendant/207011#" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-butterfly-pendant/207011#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece was produced for the French market:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-dragonfly-clip-brooch/206737" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-dragonfly-clip-brooch/206737" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/meyle-and-mayer-art-nouveau-dragonfly-clip-brooch/206737</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece, also in the Falk book, bears a very similar &#039;DEPOSÉ STERLING&#039; stamp along with the dragonfly:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]355361[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This piece shows the dragonfly mark with similar &#039;935 STERLING&#039; (included in the new Tadema Gallery book):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/lizard-brooch/207136#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/lizard-brooch/207136#" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/lizard-brooch/207136#</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]355362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For those interested, here is the new Tadema Gallery book (on my wish list):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tademagallery.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tademagallery.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tademagallery.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tadema-Gallery-London-Jewellery-1860s/dp/3897905981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Tadema-Gallery-London-Jewellery-1860s/dp/3897905981" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Tadema-Gallery-London-Jewellery-1860s/dp/3897905981</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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