Sussner Nopitsch Glocken Bell
From Georg Büttner’s site about German pencil companies in the Nuremberg area, here’s what I gather (imperfectly — I don’t speak German) about the relationship between these companies:
G.W. Sussner founded a pencil company in 1846. Moritz Nopitsch founded a company in 1861, which was passed on to his son Gebrüder Nopitsch. Nopitsch and Sussner were joined in 1900. In 1925, the company was named Glocken (in English, Bell); the name was acquired from another company named Glocken. (Was that whole company acquired?)
Sussner:
M. Nopitsch:
M. Nopitsch and Sussner:
Gebrüder Nopitsch:
Glocken:
Bell:
Some of the older hexagonal pencils have what appears to be factory sharpening in the form of six facets —
Very interesting history of pencil makers! I have had problems with understanding these firm names and trademarks. Thank you Fred 😉
September 8, 2013 at 11:41 pm