FRISTER & ROSSMANN
DATING SEWING MACHINES
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SERIAL YEARS SOLE AGENTS MACHINES NUMBERS IN LONDON TYPE
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000 ........................
400* 1864 W&W
400 ........................
400* 1865 W&W
800 ........................
400* 1866 W&W
1.200........................
1867 W&W
2.000........................
1.500 1868 W&W
3.500........................
10.000** 1869 W&W
13.500........................
13.000** 1870 W&W
26.500........................
15.000** 1871 W&W
41.500.........................
18.035* 1872 W&W
59.535.........................
1873 FB - W&W
72.000.........................
1874 FB - W&W
85.920.........................
19.080* 1875 FB - W&W
5 May 1875 Isidor Nasch
105.000......................... 105.915 (NeedleBar.org)
... their name and trade mark were quite unknown to the English public and the few machines which Isidor and others may have sold were sold by him either under an English name and trade mark, or else they were supplied without any name or trade mark, for the purpose of affixing an English trade mark before they reached the public...
(from Hermann Loog letter)
105.000.............................................................................................
April 1876 ISIDOR NASCH
1876 HERMANN LOOG
128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
123.000........................
+22.087* 1877 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
145.087........................
+26.925* 1878 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
172.012........................
+27.800* 1879 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
199.812........................
+29.546* 1880 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
229.358........................ 227.273 (NeedleBar.org)
April 1881 D.R.P. N. 12784 (bobbin winder)
250.000 August 1881 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
+35.418* 1881
264.776........................
+47.133* 1882 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
311.909........................
+56.793* 1883 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
368.702........................
+63.287* 1884 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
431.989........................
+66.000* 1885 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
497.989........................
500.000 Jan. 1886
1886 ( H. LOOG ) 128 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
539.711 49 FORE STREET FB machine
(S. LOEWE) 127 LONDON WALL
540.000........................
January 1887 ( S. LOEWE ) 127 LONDON WALL FB - W&W
( only the address on the badge )
July 1887 ( S. LOEWE ) 49 FORE STREET FB - W&W
( only the address on the badge )
last machine badged 128 London Wall s/n 540.177 # 294.177
first machine badged 49 Fore Street s/n 539.711 # 293.711
last machine badged 49 Fore Street s/n 561.276 # 310.276
first badged S.LOEWE 49 FORE ST. s/n 554.613 # 305.613
1887 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS - FB - W&W
(name and address on the badge )
560.000........................
+ 20.000 1888 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET
580.000........................
+ 20.000 1889 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS - W&W
600.000........................
+ 20.000 1890 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
620.000........................ 589.904 (NeedleBar.org)
+ 20.000 1891 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
640.000........................
+ 20.000 1892 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
660.000........................
+ 20.000 1893 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
680.000........................
+ 20.000 1894 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
700.000........................
+20.000 (96.000*) 1895 S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET TS
720.000........................ 714.904 (NeedleBar.org)
+ 30.000 1896 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS
750.000........................
+ 40.000 1897 TS
774.345 .............................. S. LOEWE 49 FORE STREET
775.073 .......................... W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET
790.000........................
+ 40.000 1898 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS
830.000........................
+ 40.000 1899 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
870.000........................
890.000 21 JUNE 1900
892.460 This serial belong to one of the first F&R VS sewing machine
+ 40.000 1900 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
910.000........................ 889.904 (NeedleBar.org)
+ 40.000 1901 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
950.000........................
+ 40.000 1902 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
990.000........................
1.000.000 July 1903
1.040.000........................
+ 50.000 1904 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.090.000.........................
+ 50.000 1905 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.140.000.........................
+ 50.000 1906 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.190.000.........................
+ 50.000 1907 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.240.000.........................
1.250.000 1908 JANUARY
+ 45.000 1908 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET
1.285.000........................
+ 35.000 1909 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.320.000........................
+ 35.000 W. PIERSSENE 49 FORE STREET TS/V
1.332.239 1910
W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.355.000........................ 25 December 1910
+ 35.000 1911 W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.390.000........................
+ 35.000 1912 W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.425.000.........................
+ 35.000 1913 W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET TS/VS
1.460.000........................
+ 30.000 1914 W. PIERSSENE 24-25 FORE STREET TS/VS
4 August 1914 - United Kingdom declared war on the German Empire
1.485.496 W. Pierssene 24-25 Fore Street
1.487.648 W. Pierssene 24-25 Fore Street
1.488.330 W. Pierssene 24-25 Fore Street
1.490.000.........................
+ 40.000 1915
1.492.353 W. Pierssene 24-25 Fore Street
1.497.219 W. Pierssene 24-25 Fore Street
PIERSSENE will leave FRISTER & ROSSMANN to sell VICKERS sewing machines from the same address. Was not a "Patriotic Move" only, the main reason why he left the company, you will see it on the below picture.
1.500.000 1915 first quarter circa
1.524.791 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.530.000.........................
+ 25.000 1916
1.535.222 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.540.896 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.555.000..........................
+ 15.000 1917
1.563.577 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.567.026 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.570.000..........................
+ 15.000 1918
1.572.454 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.581.023 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
11 November 1918 end of WWI
1.585.000.........................
+ 15.000 1919
1.595.735 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.596.367 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.598.139 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.599.635 NOT BADGE ON SEWING MACHINE
1.600.000...........................
+ 20.000 1920
During the great war, the sewing machines production could have been maintained high, despite Frister & Rossmann started the production of weapons of war, because confident of certain victory or for different reasons.
After World War I, Germany was forced to pay all of the war reparations after the Treaty of Versailles (France), signed on 28 June 1919 , came into force on the January 10, 1920.
Possibly after the Treaty of Versailles, the Frister & Rossmann could export again to England. The sewing machine were imported in England by the new sole agent OLIVER QUITMANN with offices in 18 CITY ROAD, in London.
1920 QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
1.600.801 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.603.246 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.603.591 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.606.463 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.615.303 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.620.000.........................
+ 20.000 1921
1.631.050 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.639.944 E. & O. Quitmann 18 City Road
1.640.000.........................
+ 20.000 1922
1.660.000.........................
+ 20.000 1923 QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
1.680.000.........................
+ 20.000 1924 QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
1.700.000 c. ...................
1925
The new serial numbers may be added to the sewing machine production of the Gritzner company.
3.650.000 c.
+ 50.000 1925 FRISTER & ROSSMANN UNDER GRITZNER
3.662.713 TS 48-K QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
3.700.000 .......................
+ 50.000 1926 FRISTER & ROSSMANN UNDER GRITZNER
3.750.000.........................
+ 55.000 1927 FRISTER & ROSSMANN UNDER GRITZNER
3.802.935 VS-E QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
3.805.000.........................
+ 55.000 1928 FRISTER & ROSSMANN UNDER GRITZNER
3.805.085 VS-E QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
3.807.436 TS 48-K O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
3.809.130 TS 48-K O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
3.809.243 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
3.817.163 VS-E QUITMANN 18 CITY ROAD
Date of Purchase 1933
3.858.707 VS-E O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
3.860.000........................
+ ??????? 1929
Dissolution of the Frister & Rossmann
The G.-V. dated 3.6.1929 decided to release according to § 240 HGB, the dissolution of the company.
3.888.782 TS 48-K O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
The depression originated in the U.S., after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929 and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday)
5.000 .........................
+ 5.000 1930
10.000.........................
+ 5.000 1931 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
15.000 ........................
+ 5.000 1932 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
20.000.........................
+ 5.000 1933 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in January 1933
25.000.........................
+ 25.000 1934 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
25.067...... O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
50.000........................
+ 25.000 1935 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
75.000.........................
+ 30.000 1936 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
105.165 19.12.1936
110.000.........................
+ 50.000 1937 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
149.109 TS-D 27 October 1937
160.000........................
+ 50.000 1938 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
198.062 Last TSH-D 7 September 1938
210.000.........................
+ 40.000 1939 O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
212.295 VSE long bed O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
223.658 VSE long bed O. Quitmann 23 & 24 Little Britain
1 Sept 1939 World War II
250.000.......................
1940
F&R 212.295
O. QUITMANN
23 & 24 Little Britain
1939
??? 1941 - 1945 ???
In May 8, 1945 unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
After WWII, the brand name was sold in 1945 circa to O. Quitmann in the UK.
???? .......................
1946 O. QUITMANN 350-356 Old Street
337.165 ........................
F&R 337.165
O. QUITMANN
350-356 Old Street
1946
1925 _ With the defeat, in Germany began economic problems. Despite beginning in 1920 exports to England again, the excessive production of sewing machines and the loss of sales to belligerent countries, the Frister & Rossmann had no choice but to sell the shares.
1929 _ Frister & Rossmann went in dissolution.
1937 _ see the following link
1939 _ The world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.
1945 _ Surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
my annually production is an average
red figures with * are annually production from Alte Nähmaschinen by Peter Wilhelm.
red figures with ** In 1869 the new factory was set for 250 sewing machines per week (and 13.000 sewing machines in twelve months).
... the factory of Frister & Roßmann in Berlin, which in the previous year (1868) produced 1.500 sewing machines; 500 in the first half of the year and 1.000 in the second. In the current year (1869) 5.000 pieces have already emerged from this factory and today it supplies 200 machines every week and 10.000 sewing machines in twelve months.
Berlin, February 21, 1869
“Ludwig Vogel always earnestly recommend its stores of sewing machines, as working silently and easily, from the factory Frister & Rossmann in Berlin, (the largest sewing machine factory in Europe, 90.000 of these machines are already in use )
From a German newspaper (1875)
On the August 6th 1881 a total production of 250.000 machines was accomplished.
In the year 1882 the 300.000 mark was passed.
In 1886 F&R could report its total production of 500.000 sewing machines.
from ISMACS News
to be continued