Information Regarding Herbst & Wassall

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A topic for recording information regarding Herbst & Wassall.

If you have any details of the above company, advertisements, examples of their work, etc., anything that you are willing to share, then here's the place to post it.

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An example of the work and mark of Herbst & Wassall:










Sterling - Winged star - 1904

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The business of John G. Herbst and Sydney W. Wassall was located at 422, Washington Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.

Their manufacturing period was thought to be from c.1904 until the 1930's.

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Another example of the work and mark of Herbst & Wassall:



R.& B. Co. would be the mark of the retailer.

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Another example of the work and mark of Herbst & Wassall:



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Source: Industrial Directory of New Jersey - 1915

The figure of just six employees remains constant in directory listings from 1914 to 1920.

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NEWARK

Emil Vacca, a jewelry polisher employed by Herbert & Wassal (sic), killed himself by drinking carbolic acid in Branbrook Park last week.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th May 1909

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SAN FRANCISCO

D. J. Barr, who has the agency for Herbst & Wassal and other manufacturers, returned last week from a visit to the trade in Los Angeles, Cal., and the south.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th November 1905

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