Traces of old age, in good used condition. Clasp is stuck Date: 1930 Material: brass Provenance: Germany Sizes: approx. 13 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm. Weight: 0.481 kg Colour: brass Will be sent quickly by registered and insured mail. The company Erhard & Söhne was founded by Carl Gottlieb Erhard and his two sons in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1844. Carl Gottlieb Erhard, the priest-son from Grossheppach, settled in Schwäbisch Gmünd, when he married the Debler daughter. He became a partner of the company Teilhaber der Firm Gerber & co., and acquired it with a settlement of 100,000 guilders in 1843. He founded the company Erhard & Söhne with the help of the sons Carl and Julius in 1844, which is today the oldest producing factory in the city, continued in six generations as only family business. They were mainly specialised in fashionable accessories (Haberdashery) of all types of brass and bronze, sometimes silver-plated or gold.