Hello
I suggest the addition of this mint:
Gerritsen & van Kempen
Local name: Koninklijke Nederlandse Fabriek van Gouden en Zilveren Werken Gerritsen & Van Kempen
Dates: 1925-1960
Place: Zeist, Netherlands
GPS: 52.0900, 5.2333
Wiki: Q29422170
Description:
Since circa 1895, Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen (1840-1925) operated a silver manufacturing company called J. A. A. Gerritsen in Looiersgracht, Amsterdam. His sons, Johannes Albertus (1874-1946) and Marius Johannes (1882-1954) also worked in the factory. In 1903, the company was renamed to N. V. de Nederlandsche Fabriek van gouden en zilveren werken. In 1904, the company was moved to Zeist (Karpervijver, near Utrecht). Marius left the company in 1909 and founded Eerste Nederlandsche Fabriek van Nieuw-Zilverwerken of M. J. Gerritsen and Co. (later known as Gerofabriek), together with Julius ter Beek (1888-1967). In 1925, Anton E. van Kempen (1893-1970) left KNEB Van Kempen & Begeer and joined Gerritsen in Zeist as one of the managing directors. From then on, the official name became N.V. Nederlandsche fabriek van Gouden en Zilveren werken Gerritsen & Van Kempen. In 1960, the company merged with KNEB Van Kempen, Begeer and Vos.
In search of a new designer, Anton van Kempen approached the Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, leader of the Vienna Workshop (Wiener Werkstätte), at the end of 1933. Josef Hoffmann taught Christa Ehrlich, who then made a name for herself with her innovative designs for the rival company Van Kempen, Begeer & Vos. Josef Hoffman approached his former student Gustav Beran who had just graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule). In 1934, Gustav Beran started working in Zeist, where he was trained by the recently retired Valk.
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Sources:
• Annelies Krekel-Aalberse; 1989. Modern zilver 1880-1940. Meulenhoff/Landshoff, Amsterdam, Netherlands; pages 190, 253, and 267.
• J. R. ter Molen (editor), Robert Joost Willink; Annelies Krekel-Aalberse; 1992. Silver of a new era : international highlights of precious metalware from 1880 to 1940. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; page 98.
For this medal:
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