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172  Katalog  VIKTORIN  A  SPOL.,  Hradec  Krälove  (Königgrätz),  nach  1935,  unpaginiert  (Tafel  7b),  21.1  x27.1  cm.-Archiv  W.  Neuwirth,  Wien
172  Catalogue  VIKTORIN  A  SPOL.,  Hradec  Krälove  (Königgrätz),  after  1935,  unpaginated  (plate  7b),  21.1  x27.1  cm.  -  W.  Neuwirth  Archives,  Vienna

usually  smooth  and  often  pinched  in  only  on  the  lower  rim.
Other  well  known  caps  (e.g.  those  with  CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
show  three  or  more  incisions  which  make  it  easier  to  press  the
metal  together  (ill.  39,  p.  21).  Occasionally  the  surface  of  the
caps  are  given  a  relief  pattem  (p.  21,  ill.  42).  If  we  refer  to  Contemporary ­
  address  books  for  trade  and  industry  and  other
specialized  address  books  from  the  time  of  the  Austrian-Hungarian
  Monarchy  and  afterwards,  we  find  a  number  of  Companies ­
  listed  under  the  heading  “Christmas  Tree  Ornaments”
(see  Neuwirth,  Glass  Bead  Christmas  Tree  Ornaments,
pp.  23-28).  Following  the  First  World  War,  Austria  (now  much
reduced  in  size)  apparently  feit  the  need  for  a  corresponding
production  of  its  own.
Most  of  the  Christmas  tree  Ornaments  marked  with  MADE  IN
AUSTRIA  or  AUSTRIA  were  probably  made  during  the  time
from  1920  (to  today?)  and  most  of  these  were  made  by  certain
Companies.  One  of  the  most  outstanding  was  probably

THE  EGGELING  CHRISTMAS  TREE  ORNAMENT
FACTORY  IN  TRAISMAUER  AND  VIENNA
In  the  early  1920s,  the  Company  named  “J.  Eggeling  German-Austrian
  Christmas  Tree  Ornament  Factory”  was  founded  in
Traismauer.  The  first  entry  in  Compass  gives  the  owner  as  Josef ­
  Eggeling  and  puts  the  number  of  employees  at  50  (Compass ­
  IV/1924,  p.  1802),  in  1925  only  20-30  (Compass  IV/1925,
p.  1716).  This  number  remains  unchanged  in  this  source  until
1945.  The  Company  name  is  documented  from  1924  to  1944
(Industry  Compass,  Austria,  1924-1944).  After  that  the  Company ­
  trades  under  the  name,  “Austrian  Christmas  Tree  Ornament ­
  Factory”  (Compass  78/1945).
In  1950  the  Vienna  Trade  Registry  lists  the  Company,  “Franz
Eggeling  &  Co.,  ‘Leonische’  Wire  Industry  and  Christmas  Tree
Ornament  Factory,”  as  a  general  partnership  with  the  partners
Franz  Eggeling,  Vienna,  and  Anna  Eggeling,  Traismauer

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