Peter Hammer / Peter Hammer Witwe. / Inhaber Simon Peter Hammer
Oststraße 4, Grenzhausen Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, from 1904 until 1938. In 1939, Oststraße 4, was renamed Auf der Heide 32, Höhr-Grenzhausen.
The address has now be renamed Töpferstraße 34, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rhineland Palatinate.
(N.B. The towns of Höhr & Grenzhausen merged on the 1st April 1936. The federal state of Rhineland Palatinate was established on the 30th August 1946.)
Steinzeugwarenfabrik / Stoneware manufacturer
Known dates: Founded circa 1865, Peter Hammer died in 1878 so his widow ran the company as Peter Hammer Witwe, until circa 1922, when their son Simon Peter,
(born 1872) took over. The company continued until 1953 when Simon Peter died. Their majority of their product range was mainly tableware bottles.
Simon Peter's son Egon continued to use the workshop until the 1970's, in spite of a major kiln fire in 1968.
Reference: Coblenz Adressbuch
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 An advertisement from Führer durch Höhr, dated 1907
 The Peter Hammer Witwe mark supposedly looks like this, i.e. a Dr Fritz Hammerschmidt mark reversed.
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 This 0.5l stein, #236 is attributed to Peter Hammer Witwe, without a maker's mark, according to Die Neue Ara. Perhaps it might also be attributable to Dr Fritz Hammerschmidt?
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 Impressed base mark on featured stein.
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