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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 309639, member: 2844&quot;]A Dutch theme, Volendam dress. Love the cat.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>WMF ware used to be very popular in the Netherlands. This particular mark was in use from ca 1900 - ca 1918, about halfway down this page:</p><p><a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/windowAGOST63.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/windowAGOST63.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ascasonline.org/windowAGOST63.html</a></p><p>The tile also looks early 20th century to me. Pity about the damage, but a very charming picture.</p><p>Volendam is a fishing village near Amsterdam. Because it was a short trip to Volendam for tourists, the local dress was seen as the typical Dutch dress. Which it isn&#039;t, of course. Volendam:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolendammerklederdracht.info%2Fsite-klederdracht%2Fstorage%2Ffiles%2F1135%2Fmv1a0334.1200x0.jpg&amp;sp=cc92d1fac8c0debf60c3c0480efa3d59" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The lighthouse looks a bit like the Volendam one:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcR874tVYV8NClySS0oztypQslwJ5iRTjHL0cVk54n-FDZ2b286ExA&amp;sp=140f92ec8dc831027ab7930cd09d3c3a&amp;anticache=273905" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But could also be the one in Marken, close to Volendam:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.static.flickr.com%2F7277%2F7696830224_4e210e22bb_b.jpg&amp;sp=8cf084575422db708e485defa23c4720" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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