I've found these craftsmen to be active in Suhl circa 1840:
Funk & Sohne
Jung & Sohne
Sauer & Sohn
Val. Chrst. Schilling - I'm curious if his son was named
Val. Christoph Schilling?
Sturm
Buttner
Kummer
Waffenfabrik Schlegelmilch with a steel drop hammer?
Nic. Gruber
Ernst & Georg Gruber
Heinrich Schilling
Heinrich Schilling jun.(Junior?)
Caspar Schilling
Stephan Schilling
Egidius Schilling
Eckhardt
Stephan Greifeldt
Stephan Chrst. Greifeldt
George Greifeldt
Gruber
Samuel Jung
Klett
Kolb
Conr.(?) Schuler
Muller
Schmidt
Gebruder Spangenberg
Bornmuller & Sohne
Keller & Schneider
Wilhelm Zschock
Bachof & Barthels
Ortlepp
Fredrich Zschock
Muller & Dohler
With Agents
Bornmuller, Opitz & Thieme
So Thieme & Schlegelmilch hadn't combined Thieme's marketing capability & Schlegelmilch's forge/hammer. This list also confirms that the makers used the same first names for their decendents due to the fact that one will see the same names in the post 1900 listings. For now this compounds the task of identification.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
rse
Last edited by ellenbr; 05/26/09 12:14 PM.
