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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 403098, member: 2844&quot;]I thought my posts in which I mentioned that one of my father&#039;s degrees was in metallurgy were becoming a bit boring. But since I didn&#039;t repeat it here, I forgive Fid for his oversight.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to remind Fid though, that Antiquers is not an Ebay forum. After an earlier sign of disrespect which was addressed by several members, I suggested we start with a clean slate. It saddens me that Fid was not willing to do that. However, I make the same offer again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize to [USER=8569]@Lecollectionneur[/USER] for the tone of part of his thread, this was never my intention when I posted proof of the existence of Hanau iron.</p><p>I searched for Hanau iron because I remembered my father talking about it. It was his job to know that kind of thing. He managed a foundry for a while and researched other foundries, contemporary and past.</p><p>My parents also had a 19th century decorative Hanau iron plate. And as a child I was fascinated by the beautiful chesspieces made in Hanau, which I saw in museums.</p><p>While I have no &quot;basic knowledge&quot; of the operational capacity of any Hanau foundry during their heyday, I did know of the existence of Hanau iron. </p><p>I also know that Hanau iron is not Hanau silver, which I am also familiar with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fid is right, the Hanau manufacturer in the link I posted is no longer operational. As I understood from you, Lecollectioneur, you collect antique iron, not recently made. So there was no reason to look for a Hanau Iron company that was still manufacturing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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