Eduard Rau
Vendor/Dealer
Eduard Rau (Inhaber Karl Rau)
Kaufingergaße / Kaufingerstraße 9, - Schüsselbazar / Passage Schüssel, Munich. Bavaria.
Schüssel's Küchen- & Wirthschaft-Einrichtungs-Magazin / Schüssel's Kitchen / Restaurant and Furniture store.
Eduard Rau (b.16 March 1842) was married to Amélie Schüssel, the daughter of
Karl Schüssel
. By 1874 Karl Schüssel had had built a number of shops in what became Passage Schüssel. Eduard Rau was appointed the agent for
Theresienthaller Cristallglasfabrik
on the 1 September 1879 and created an outlet or Niederlage from which all Theresiental glassware was on permanent exhibition and was distributed. He had the pewterer
Brüder Thannhauser
as a next door neighbour, from whom he purchased
Merkelbach & Wick
and
Marzi & Remy
stein bodies with the pewter already installed. He won his title of Hoflieferant to the Bavarian court on the 1st March 1893. Eventually the company passed to his son Karl Rau, but maintained the name of Eduard Rau.
Reference:
Eduard Rau Theresienthaler Cristallglasfabrik-Niederlage
Uni-Muenchen
Adressbuch München 1874
Theresienthaler Cristallglasfabrik
Official 1906 Munich Beer Festival Stein. Joint supplier with Otto Aigner (Reichenbachstraße 37, 38) & Brüder Thannhauser. (Kaufingerstraße 16 & 7)
Ed. Rau inkstamp in conjuction with impressed Merkelbach & Wick.
Signature E. Rau, Schüsselbazar, München on a Marzi & Remy #992.
Eduard Rau (courtesy of Stephan Buse)
Advertisement from the catalogue of Munich's 3rd International Art Exposition, dated June 1888.
Marzi & Remy #992
Ink stamp on base of featured Marzi & Remy #992
1/2 litre Merkelbach & Wick. "Dein Wohl" Your Health
Impressed Merkelbach & Wick mark with Rau, Schüsselbazar on above "Dein Wohl" Your Health
Impressed Eduard Rau mark on inside of a pewter lid.
