Norblin in Poland

[curatorohs]

I am looking for information about the Norblin company in Warsaw, Poland. I have the following knife with the hallmark "NORBLIN". You can view the hallmark here:

http://cimarronkid.googlepages.com/images

This is part of a museum collection and any information will be most appreciated.

Thanks!

[2209patrick]

Norblin was a 19th century manufacturer who produced silverplated items in addition to brass pieces. In business at least as early as 1834. That's all the information I have on them.

Pat.

[Bahner]

Hello, Wincenty Norblin (b. 1805, d. 1872) became active in Warsaw around 1831. He expanded his business continually, acquired other companies (Bros. Buch, T. Werner - Werner had married into the Norblin family) and in 1904 had 547 people working for him, who produced goods for ca. 1,3 million rubles. The company became a shareholding one at some time and was named “Norblin i Ska. NBW” (the NBW standing for Norblin-Buch-Werner). It existed at least until the German occupation of Poland in 1939. Norblin, as other Warsaw manufacturers, used to buy a lot of its products in unplated form from German companies, imported it into Poland and had it silverplated in its factory to sell it on the eastern markets. Best wishes, Bahner

[curatorohs]

Thank you for answering. That helped!