Wellner Elf Silverware Retail Display

WELLNER SILVERWARE RETAIL DISPLAY - RARE

A SILVER METAL
WELLNER ELF
MADE TO HOLD HIS
SPOON, KNIFE OR
FORK FOR RETAIL
STORE DISPLAY

This is a remarkable old piece of Nazi era Wellner retail sale display material in very nice condition! It is a very heavy silver metal elf (the company logo and trademark) standing on a 2-1/2 x 4 inch metal base attached to a 3-1/8 x 4-3/4 inch black glass plinth with beveled edges.

The silver base has an AWS (August Wellner Söhne) logo stamped into it and the elf has a hollow “J” shaped metal piece attached to his right shoulder. When a spoon, fork or knife handle is inserted into the “J” shaped piece, it appears that the elf is carrying the piece of silverware on his shoulder! (The fork in our pictures is not sold with the elf - it just shows how the display is used.)

The Sächsische Metallwarenfabrik August Wellner Söhne AG of Aue in Sachsen (in the Erzgebirge of east-central Germany) was a very major manufacturer of commercial tableware of all kinds, before and during the Third Reich. They had offices and showrooms in most of the major cities in Germany and in 29 cities around the world.

Wellner was famous for high quality, beautifully styled, extremely durable metal tableware ranging from silverware to gravy boats to platters, and tea pots to candelabra. They also manufactured champagne buckets, umbrella stands, picture frames, ashtrays and flag holders. Adolf Hitler, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring and other top Nazis owned lots of Wellner silverware as did institutions like the Reichschancellery in Berlin, Lebensborn homes, Luftwaffe Kasinos and even U-Boots.

This very rare old piece of Third Reich Wellner display material is in wonderful condition except for two chips to the black glass plinth. The one on the back left top corner is obvious in our second photo, but the tiny one on the front left bottom corner can not be seen. It is very small.

Overall this piece is in wonderful condition.

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This very rare Nazi era Wellner display material is **SOLD**.

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