German & Austrian Hutmachers

[mayserwegener]

Anton Pichler Graz, Crown Patch, probably around 1930s

 

[1mach1]

Very cool, Steve!

 

[mayserwegener]

Harv, Thanks! Usually crown patches are missing (or in poor condition) from old hats but in this case the hat was missing.

 

[mayserwegener]

I purchased a collection of old (probably 1930s and older) hat liner print plates (82 pieces) from the Czech Republic. They were found near Štramberk which is a short distance from Nový Jičín (Neutitschein) where Johann Hückel´s Söhne, Anton Peschel and Brüder Böhm were located. The largest number are from Brüder Böhm but I will start with Johann Hückel´s Söhne because I have a photo of the JHS factory print shop.

 

[mayserwegener]

Johann Hückel´s Söhne, Hat Liner Print Plates

This is the JHS print shop from the early 1900s. They are printing hat liner logos using similar plates (center of table).

The logo background is from the above print plate (same dimensions).

Hückel "Superior" Homburg

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/6-johann-h%C3%BCckel%C2%B4s-s%C3%B6hne-h%C3%BCckel-hutfabrik-weilheim/#entry169

 

[mayserwegener]

Brüder Böhm, Hat Liner Print Plates, probably from the Nový Jičín (Neutitschein) factory.

 

[mayserwegener]

Continued.

 

[1mach1]

Wow, Steve! What a find. That is a great piece of history.......the whole lot! Fantastic!

Are you going to try your hand at doing a print off of one of those? It would be way cool.

 

[mayserwegener]

Harv, Thanks! Yes I plan to try to print some of them. I will post the rest of them over the next couple days.

 

[1mach1]

Harv, Thanks! Yes I plan to try to print some of them.

That sounds like a great beer drinking event. Just sayin'.

 

[Frunobulax]

Great little slices of history, Steve!

 

[Joshbru3]

Steve, what a find!! I don't think many people on the lounge realize how incredible these are. These print plates are the ACTUAL plates that printed the logos for these wonderful Austrian/German hat liners. There were many Bruder, Huckel, etc hats made through the years but probably only a handful of printing plates were ever produced. Just an incredible piece of hat history! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Daniele Tanto]

I fully agree with the comments of Josh
This find is a piece of history of the European producers and we must thank Steve who will seek to make deeper and more complete history of hats on this side of the Atlantic.
Bravissimo e competente!

 

[mayserwegener]

Josh, Daniele, Thanks! What is interesting is the seller (a banknote collector) from the Czech Republic actually contacted me out of the blue. He found my website and thought I would be interested . I had to communicate with him using Google translate. I still need to post the remaining ones. There are a couple from Dunn & Co. which confirms that they were sourcing complete hats and not just Velour hat bodies.

 

[Chepstow]

I am speechless, never seen before so an spectacular find.
Now you can make your own liner. Congratulation Steve.



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[alanfgag]

I missed this... what an amazing lot. How will you attempt to print with them??

 

[hatsRme]

Absolutely ASTOUNDING find, Steve. We must thank the seller for having the insight to find and contact you. And, if there was any doubt before, this places you firmly at or among the top of the field of global hat gurus (but WE knew that). The Steve Hat Museum? MEGA congrats, my friend!!!

 

[mayserwegener]

Manfred, Thanks! I will post the remaining plates later today.

Alan, Thanks! My friend who is a portrait engraver at the US BEP is going to try to print some of them. This what he said from looking at the photos.

"Good they look pretty flat which means we can print them without damaging them or the press.

They are sort of die stamper variant. It doesn’t mean they have to be printed on one of them but they would be nice to have. We could ink these up with a roller and print a bunch of them on the same piece of paper. I would probably use my biggest press for something like this."

Charlie, Thanks! The seller actually found a few more.

 

[Joshbru3]

Josh, Daniele, Thanks! What is interesting is the seller (a banknote collector) from the Czech Republic actually contacted me out of the blue. He found my website and thought I would be interested . I had to communicate with him using Google translate. I still need to post the remaining ones. There are a couple from Dunn & Co. which confirms that they were sourcing complete hats and not just Velour hat bodies.

That's really interesting that Dunn & Co sourced complete hats from Austrian makers. I wonder what the percentage was of hats sourced from Austrian makers and from UK manufactures....

 

[mayserwegener]

Josh, Definitely the Dunn & Co. hats marked Austrian Velour. I am not sure what other hats were sourced by Dunn & Co.

Dunn & Co. Ltd

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?32103-German-amp-Austrian-Hutmachers&p=1066514&viewfull=1#post1066514

http://germanaustrianhats.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/6-johann-h%C3%BCckel%C2%B4s-s%C3%B6hne-h%C3%BCckel-hutfabrik-weilheim/?view=findpost&p=812

I just received some photos of additional plates that include Dalton Hat Company of New York.

Dalton Hats