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Backmarks Associated with the Parent
Family and Various Partners
|
Backmark |
Company
Name |
Manufacturing Dates |
|
L.P. & H. |
Letourneau, Parent &
Hamet |
1825
– 1840 |
|
A La Ruche or a beehive |
Letourneau, Parent &
Hamet |
1840 - 1858 |
|
P.H. |
Parent and Hamet |
1858 – 1868 |
|
P. & H.A. |
Parent and Hamet |
1868 – 1888 |
|
P. & B. |
Parent & Bouchard |
1888 – 1894 |
|
A.P.
& Cie |
Albert Parent & Co |
1894 – 1912 |
|
A.P.
& Cie |
Albert Parent and
Ligier |
1912 – 1916 |
|
A.P. |
Albert Parent and
Ligier |
1916- 1924 |
|
A.P.
& Cie |
Albert Parent, son &
brother |
1924 – 1939 |
|
SOLIDARE |
Albert Parent & Co. |
Post 1930 |
|
THE HIVE |
Home of Albert Parent |
Post 1930 |
|
Parent A.P. |
Parent and Corona |
Post World War II |
|
M.C.
& Co |
Parent and Corona |
Post-World War II |
|
Parent |
Parent and Corona |
1946- 1952 |
Backmarks Associated with TW&W and
Various Partners
|
Backmark |
Company Name |
Manufacturing Dates |
|
T.W.W. |
Trelon, Weldon & Weil |
1814 – 1864 |
|
T.W.& W. H.M. |
Joined by Hartog,
Marchand & Cie |
1865 – 1902 |
|
T.W.& W. |
J. Ammer & Cie |
1903 – 1918 |
|
T.W.& W. |
Coinderoux & Cie |
1918 – 1937 |
|
T.W.& W. |
Coinderoux |
1937 – Present |
Abbreviations and Translation
|
French Abbreviation & Word |
English Translation |
|
Bte. or Brevete |
patent |
|
Cie. Or Compagnie |
company |
|
Depe. Or Depose (short for Marque Depose) |
registered trademark |
|
Fils |
son |
|
F., Fr., Fre., or Frere(s) |
brother(s) |
|
Haute Nouvenutes |
latest style |
|
Industrie Parsienne |
Parisian work |
|
Parfait |
perfect quality |
|
S.G.D.G. (short for sans guarantied u
gouvernement) |
Patented but without government guarantee |
|
Solidaire |
jointly and separately liable |
|
Superfin |
superfine quality |
|
Tresse |
woven |
Other
Known PB Manufacturers
|
Backmark |
Company Name |
Manufacturing Dates |
|
AK (with arms of K extending from the side of
the A) |
Arthur Kim (worked for Albert Parent at one
time) |
1900 |
|
A.M. & Cie |
Deshayess, Mass & Co.
Masse A Et Anglade |
1853 – 1860
1854 - 1914 |
|
A.M. C. |
Masson & Garry (1865 – 1874)
Masson & Brothers (1876 – 1891) |
1865 – 1891 |
|
BDS Co. |
Unknown |
|
|
CORDIER (other intials & words that may appear with
the word Cordier are: JL, H, Freres, A, G.Duguor)
|
JL- Jean Louis Cordier (1817 - 1834)
H- Henri Cordier (1836 - 1848)
Freres- Henri & Antoine Cordier (1847 - 1865)
A- Antoine Cordier (1866 - 1874)
G.Dugour- Cordier & Dugour (1876 - 1878) |
1817 – 1878 |
|
C.B.S. |
Unknown |
|
|
C & V |
Unknown |
|
|
D.L. |
Unknown |
|
|
E.M. |
Eugene Marquis |
1879 – 1917 |
|
G & Cie
|
Unknown |
|
|
INDUSTRIE PARISIENNE |
Unknown |
|
|
J. P. |
Jules Plancon (1851 - 1872)
LaFontaine (1868 - 1885)
Alex Commery & Gueudet (1885 - 1899)
Emile Gourde (1885 - 1899)
Compangnie Francaise (1900 - 1917) |
1851 – 1917 |
|
A.Leguay |
MOOS |
1841 – 1857 |
|
L.G.J. & F.
L.G.J. (some marked CAEN)
|
M. Juhel, horn buttons made in the city of
CAEN, suburb La Maladrerie, where the workforce was largely
prisoners from the nearby prison in Beaulieu
|
1840 |
|
M.R. |
Unknown |
|
|
Nouveaute |
Unknown |
|
|
P.D. |
Unknown |
|
|
P.M. |
Unknown |
|
|
PERFECTIONNE (other initials that may appear with the word Perfectionne are:
L, Q.A., C.T., L.E P.G., BM, GD, JBM, L, LR,
CP |
Feuillart (1809-1934)
L -Emile Larrivee (1836-1885)
Q.A. - A. Quinzard (1886-1888)
CT -Charles Trevert (1885-1914)
Ernault (1897-1917)
L.E., P.G.- Besson and Rousse (1902 – 1906)
L. Trevert (1916-1917) |
1809 – 1917 |
|
R. G. |
Unknown |
|
|
R. L. & F. |
Unknown |
|
|
SOLIDITE |
Migeon Lecomte (1885
– 1891)
Joesph Lecomte
(1897 – 1917) |
1885 - 1917 |
|
SUPERFIN |
Unknown |
|
|
SUPERIEUR |
Auguste Bagriot (1854 - 1891)
F Bagriot (1892 - 1906)
Veuve F. Bagriot (1911 - 1917) |
1854 – 1917 |
|
T.F. |
Theodor Fahner
|
|
|
W. & W. |
Unknown |
|
|
1883 PARIS SS |
Unknown |
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