composition proceedings or thereafter, but this possibility cannot be entirely excluded. 
The words “Wiener” and “Werkstätte” are contained in other Company names, too, but 
did not entail the danger of confusion: Leopold Forstner’s Wiener Mosaik-Werkstätte 
(Figs. 66-70, pp. 88-89) was in some instances involved in the same projects as the Wie 
ner Werkstätte (such as Palais Stoclet in Brussels, mentioned above). In Forstner’s 
Company signet, too, the letters W and M are predominant, enveloped by a G (for glass 
painting, Fig. 70, p. 89). 
As can be seen from a business card designed by Maria Likarz, the signet of Grete 
Merklinghaus’s “Wiener Modell-Werkstätte” (Fig. 71, p. 89) was made up of the letters 
W and M together, though in small letters, and the Company monogram was composed 
of the initials of Max Welz (Figs. 72, 73, pp. 90-91). 
It is worth mentioning the combination of V and W on textiles particularly because it 
sometimes occurs on Wiener Werkstätte sample cards (Figs. 74, 75, pp. 92-93). It is 
probable that this VW monogram, which is very similar to the WW monogram, belonged 
to the Wilhelm Vogel Company of Chemnitz, who worked for the Wiener Werkstätte, but 
this cannot be said with any certainty. 
Another mark consisting of two W’s on top of one another framed by two mirrored K s is 
also frequently encountered on ceramics. This mark has yet to be explained, but from 
time to time is also linked with the Wiener Werkstätte. It is naturally the result of a cer- 
tain amount of wishful thinking that any mark containing a W is associated with the Wie 
ner Werkstätte. Just how strong the association of any mark containing a WW mono 
gram is with the Wiener Werkstätte is proved by a metal dish with a glass insert (Fig. 76, 
p. 95). Beneath the lip of the metal dish is a mark (Fig. 77, p. 95) made up of the letters IK 
(?) and a WW. This item is only mentioned as an example of marking often misinter- 
preted. A large number of metal objects of similar design, usually unsigned, have come 
to light in the mean time. The possibility cannot be excluded that they were or are sub- 
sequently marked with WW Symbols similar to those of the Wiener Werkstätte. 
The mark WWS (Fig. 71, p. 98) is illustrated in the central trade mark gazette for the year 
1932 (Vienna 1933, p. 243) - but this belonged to a metalworking Company. The letters 
WMW were linked together to form a trade mark of “Wiener Metallwerk GesmbH” (ZMA 
for 1921, Vienna 1922, p. 18). A short time later an asterisk was added (ZMA for 1921, 
Vienna 1922, p. 255). There is a danger of a wide ränge of marks on metal objects being 
mistaken for Wiener Werkstätte marks, and for this reason the history of Wiener Metall 
werk GesmbH is briefly outlined here. We are comparatively well informed about this 
Company thanks to the notes in the Commercial Register. 
“Wiener Metallwerk Gesellschaft m.b.H.” was recorded under no. 40/1 in the Vienna 
Commercial Register on 3rd November 1920 on the basis of articles of association 
dated 27th September 1920 (HR C 46/119). Under the heading “purpose of the Com 
pany” we find the following: 
“a) The purchase, processing and refinement of metals, b) the factory production of all 
kinds of goods of metal, in particular the manufacture of Viennese metal fancy 
goods, . . .” Such products, provided with a mark similar to those of the Wiener Werk 
stätte, could be mistaken for products of the Wiener Werkstätte. 
On 22nd February 1927 the Company already appeared as “Wiener Metallwerk Gesell 
schaft m.b.H. in liquidation” (liquidator Fritz Schüller), and the Company was deleted on 
21st December 1927. 
Other marks which have often mistakenly been associated with the Wiener Werkstätte 
are reproduced in Figures 78-88 (p. 97) and 90-102 (p. 99). 
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