my friend dylan brought this back from a fleamarket in berlin. a very interesting typesetting solution...
it was probably used as the logo/letterhead for this east-berlin diner where, the website claims, you can get some "nostalgic eats" - which basically translates to meat-on-meat.
http://www.speisegaststaette-efinger.de/speisekarte.html
makes a great paperweight. or perhaps even a belt-buckle.
Love it!
ReplyDeleteBrass circles and ovals, along with other shapes were made up until the 1950s. The way the type is jammed into this oval is pretty typical. The open spaces were often filled with plaster of paris or masticated paper.
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