Carl M Cohr Art Nouveau Silver Brooch with Amber

Carl M. Cohr's Sølvvarefabriker A/S was a Danish silverware factory in Danmarksgade 9 in Fredericia. Ditlev Madsen Cohr (born 1829 in Fredericia, died 1882) started on April 25, 1860 as a goldsmith in Fredericia. In 1887, his son, Carl M. Cohr (1862-1925), took over the business, gradually expanded the workshop with machines, made corpus works from 1892 and thereby laid the foundation for the art-industrial business, which in 1906 was transformed into a limited company with Carl M. Cohr as managing director and main shareholder and manufacturer Ditlev von Voss as chairman of the board. In the same year, the late manufacturer Fleron's silversmithy in Copenhagen was taken over. In 1940, this was moved to Fredericia, while the office and warehouse for Copenhagen remained in the company's property at Løvstræde 6. Cohr associated various well-known designers with the factory, including Knud V. Engelhardt. H.P. Jacobsen, who was hired in 1926, was the artistic director for 40 years. Silversmith Hans Bunde had a decisive influence on Cohr's production in the 1950s. In 1950, the company employed around 350 people. Until 1922, the company's products (cutlery, dishes, bowls, pitchers, candlesticks, etc.) were only made in real silver. In that year, the production of silver-plated products began under the name ATLA silver plate. In 1931, the company also began producing stainless steel products, which were used in many Danish homes and canteens. From 1925, the company had a fairly significant export, especially to the rest of Scandinavia. At the same time, the company achieved recognition at the world exhibitions in Brussels 1935 and Paris 1937. In 1950, the board of directors consisted of Consul Einar Cohr (b. 1901), who is chairman, Consul Mrs. Ellinor Cohr (b. 1901) and Consul Harald Lützen (b. 1884). Carl M. Cohr was succeeded as director in 1925 by Harald Lützen (admin.), Osvald Møller (techn.) and Einar Cohr (mercantile). Einar Cohr took over the management in 1959. He designed cutlery and church silver, among other things. Einar Cohr died in 1970 and the company was sold to Count Jens Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs. Horsens Sølvvarefabrik and Dansk Kronesølv in Slagelse were then taken over by Cohr, and a new factory building was built and inaugurated in 1985. However, in September of the same year, the company went into receivership, but Keld Poulsen sought to continue the business. However, the factory had to close on August 20, 1987.