DICTIONARY OF CUTLERS AND TOOLMAKERS

GERMAN CUTLERS, TOOLMAKERS AND METALSMITHSAN ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF TRADEMARKS AND BRAND NAMES, 1871-1945

JOHN WALTER

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CATEGORISATION OF MARKSIn the tabular material that follows, marks prefaced by THE or DER have been listed under T and D respectively: in these cases, the prex is integral with the registration. Marks where prexes have been used, but are not part of the ocial registry, have been listed under the second component. Consequently, a mark such as THE DEVIL will be listed as The Devil (under T) if both components were included in the registration, or as [The] Devil (under D) is the prex was not included. This distinction must be remembered if a multi-part brand name is being assessed. Similarly, permutations of a monogram should be sought if success is not immediate; the dominant letter is often extremely dicult to determine. A mark that apparently reads ABC could also be listed as ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB or CBA. An attempt has been made to record the marks as they were registeredsome were entirely in capital letters, others in lower caseand also to give a broad idea of the style of lettering displayed in the registration papers. However, the ways in which the marks were actually used may dier from the precise registry: highly decorative marks, for example, were often simplied when small-scale dies or punches were required. In addition, punches eventually became too worn to give crisp strikes, and were replaced. Consequently, there may be many minor (but otherwise insignicant) variations in trademark design. The style descriptors have been kept as simple as possible. Though established terminologies for typeface design exist, there is no general consensus; some of the terms are still unfamiliar, and the subtleties are often impossible to detect (much less describe) without considerable experience. I have ignored terms such as serif , san-serif , lineale and garalde, and so the classication used here can only be a basic guide. This is particularly true of the style of lettering known as Engravers Gothic, which is usually little more than plain lettering with tiny wedge-like serifs (protrusions) at the head or foot of each stroke. In small sizes, these protrusions are all but imperceptible, and so lettering of this type has sometimes been regarded as block instead of roman.Lettering style descriptors:

BRAND NAME Roman BRAND NAME Italic BRAND NAME Block/block slanted

Brand NameBRAND name

Blackletter (Fraktur) Block/roman outline Cursive Formal script (Kunstlerschrift) Handwriting (Handschrift)

Brand Name

BrandNameBrand Name

Brand name DecorativeNote: marks that are simply the full company name, including initials, are not listed unless they can be confused with others of similar name. Many of these full name marks are accompanied by a pictorial or other representational trademark (q.v.) that serves as the primary identier.GERMAN CUTLERS, TOOLMAKERS AND METALSMITHS: MARKS, 18711945

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DIRECTORY OF MARKSThe process of identifying individual marks can be slow, even though much of the work is based on existing lists. Marks that are listed below in bold have, by and large, been properly authenticated; an attempt has also been made to show which were registered as CAPITAL LETTERS and which were Upper and Lower Case. All other marks, conversely, are still work in progress and have been left in plain CAPITALS. A B, and a man with a hammer and tongs: Aug. Bilstein. Altenvrde in Westfalen ABA or aba (sometimes a monogram and sometimes within a black diamond): Abawerk GmbH, Alig & Baumgrtel, Aschaenburg ABACA: Ewald Stursberg & Co., Remscheid. ABACA (1923, no. 306390): Franz Stursberg, Remscheid. Registry class: 42. AB BLAU/WEISS: Arthur Bhmer A B C: Joh. Mich. Piesslinger Sohn, Piessling A B & C, within the ace of spades (1895, nos. 8189 and 8945): A. Frank & Co., Witten a. Ruhr. The earlier mark has WIT on one side of the stalk and TEN on the other. Registry class: 9b. Style: block. A B & C, within the ace of spades: Bredt & Co., Witten an der Ruhr A. B. Co.: Bredt & Co., Witten an der Ruhr ABECE (1902, no. 53368): Gebr. Heller, Marienthal b. Schweina, Th. Registry class: 9b. Style: roman. ABECE (1905, no. 77174): Hermann Hurwitz & Co., Berlin. Registry classes: 4, 23. ABECO: A. Brenneke & Co., Luckenwalde ABELE: Johann Abele, Esslingen ABDAMIT (