Early Deschler Skull

[WalterB]

Hello, I was looking at the recent posts of some great Deschler skulls and decided to enjoy the sunny day and take some pictures of mine outside. I hope you guys enjoy.

[WalterB]

Reverse. Does it have any particular significance that mine has the "D.&S.M." ? Does it mean a private purchase? Earlier piece? Later piece?

[WalterB]

Last one. The cut-off did not come with the skull, but I think they show well together.

[Erich Wahl]

Very nice. I love its color!

Cheers,
Erich

[Kale Michael]

Nice piece

D . & S. M. marked pieces are some of the earliest skulls Deschler had to offer. This is one of the more difficult varieties to obtain. Deschler as well as other makers primarily used numeric codes to identify their products so having the Deschler firms initials on a piece does help make it an exceptionaly rare find.
Thanks for the pics, Kale

[WalterB]

D . & S. M. marked pieces are some of the earliest skulls Deschler had to offer. This is one of the more difficult varieties to obtain. Deschler as well as other makers primarily used numeric codes to identify their products so having the Deschler firms initials on a piece does help make it an exceptionaly rare find.
Thanks for the pics, Kale

Thank you, Kale, for the valuable information. Thank you all for your comments!