Fabulous 1914 Motorenfabrik Oberursel German Aircraft Engine Co. Marble & Bronze Paperweight

This is a fabulous circa 1914 promotional paperweight for Motorenfabrik Oberursel AG, a German aircraft automobile and locomotive engine producer. Named Motorenfabrik Oberursel in 1893, the company had been organized under a different name two years earlier by Willy Sec. The paperweight is handsomely wrought in bronze with partial silver plating upon a rectangular marble base. The design is the 14 cylinder rotary type double-lambda 160 hp V.III motor as used on the Fokker E. IV & D. III aircraft.

Circa 1914.

Approximately 3-9/16" by 5-7/16" by 3/4".

Marble, bronze, partial silver plating.

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This is from an Imperial Germany collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VBEJX13 VABEJX2/13 SAJJJX4/13

8- (Very Fine-Excellent): The paperweight is in beautiful shape with only light wear.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.