Postby Bahner » Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:54 pm
Hello,
Sanktjohannser was founded in Munich in 1812. Since 1887 it was called >Sanktjohannser Erben< (heirs). Max Strobl bought it in 1892 and sold it in 1933 to Florian Zängl. Lost track of what happend to the company after that.
The retailer's mark was either punched by the manufacturer, shortly after he made the pieces, or by the retailer (with the manufacturer's consent), after he received the pieces. There is no pattern as to who did it when. It was the retailer's choice to punch it with his own name (or not). If punched, he could and would claim that he also was the maker (thus misleading his clients). Best wishes, Bahner