Plato & Co.


Plato & Co., Musikwerke

Köpenickerstraße (now Köpenicker Straße) 105/106/107, Görlitz Bahnhof, Berlin S.O. Prussia. (now the Federal City State of Berlin).

Musikinstrumenten und Musikautomaten / Musical instruments & automatic musical instruments

Founded in 1872. The last known address book entry at  Köpenickerstraße was 1915.  Plato & Co's address had a number of businesses resident over the years. 

From 1817 up to 1894 it was also a distillery (Carl Radicke), and from 1912 to 1938 it was occupied by a silk wholesaler (Marcus Fleischmann) as well.

Purchased stein bodies from: Hauber & Reuther

Reference:John McGregor  Berliner Adressbücher  Berlin Postcodes

Plato & Co. 15-8-5-1Hauber & Reuther #160 as on the base of the featured stein (central below). It is unknown why someone attempted to remove the vendor's name, but Plato & Co. Berlin is still visible.
Plato & Co., Musikwerke 15-8-13-1 Full colour side views of another  Hauber & Reuther #160, without the Plato marking.  There are detail differences in the tableau other than just the colours.
Plato & Co., Musikwerke 16-12-16-1 Advertisement in the Beiblatt der Fliegenden Blätter, Nr. 2209, Viertes Blatt, LXXXVII. Band (87th volume); München, den 27. November 1887.
Plato & Co., Musikwerke 15-8-11-1Advert taken from a newspaper cutting, date unknown, showing examples of Plato & Co's products.
Plato & Co., Musikwerke 12-12-18-1 The above Hauber & Reuther #160 stein, circa 1890, (Schuhplattler) was made by Merkelbach & Wick and subsequently decorated by Hauber & Reuther. This particular stein has been marked Plato & Co. 
Plato & Co. 1A better example of an impressed mark on a  Hauber & Reuther #160 stein, dated c.1882/6
plato & Co., Musikwerke 15-8-13-3Full colour side views of another  Hauber & Reuther #160, without the Plato marking.  There are detail differences in the tableau  other than just the colours.
Plato & Co., Musikwerke 16-12-14-1 Advertisement in the Beiblatt der Fliegenden Blätter, Nr. 2197, zweites Blatt, LXXXVII. Band (= 87th volume);München, den 4. September 1887.

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