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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 616280, member: 37&quot;]Here is the best information on WMF markings I can find....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/windowfebbra105.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/windowfebbra105.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ascasonline.org/windowfebbra105.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The simple ostrich in a diamond (rhombus) was generally used 1925-30 according to the site.&nbsp; It often is erroneously attributed to the earlier period of 1903-10.&nbsp; That mark used an ostrich in a diamond but was contained within a box.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/NIKOWMFNEW9aBIS.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/NIKOWMFNEW9aBIS.jpg" rel="nofollow"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.ascasonline.org/NIKOWMFNEW9a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine that marks were used inconsistently and that any dating must be considered a generalization.&nbsp; Jugendstil styled items would have been terribly old fashioned by the late 30s and I would think the ensuing war ended production of such items entirely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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