Production

Simon Felsenstein and Sigmund Mainzer founded a pewter workshop in Nürnberg in 1886. From 1904 they began to produce pewter on a larger scale under the name  " Norica ". Around 1918, the company was taken over by the brothers Bing - " Bingit Zinn " übern.

In the address book of the city of Berlin from 1896, the following entry is found in the street directory under " Breite Straße 20 " - Breite Strasse 20 - s.a. Scharrenstrasse1 - E. Hertzog,Rudolph,Manufacturwaren,(Nr.15) - Ahlert Nachfolger., C. F., Butterhandlung  - Bloch, E., Fabrikant, Bloch, M., Uhrenfabrik  T.  -  Bock, W. B., Dr., prakt.

Leopold Erlenbach was born in Fürth on November 13, 1831. His parents were Seligmann Ellern-Erlenbach and Marianne Ellern-Erlenbach,née Baburger. Leopold Erlenbach learned gold beating, became a master gold beater and founded his own company in 1854. In 1928, the Leopold Erlenbach company was granted a patent for the production of especially durable gold leaf made of a platinum-gold alloy. In 1927, Ella Erlenbach was the owner of the Leopold Erlenbach company.

Before Georg Levy founded his own company in 1920 (trademarks "GL" and "Gely", - composed of the first letters of his name), he was a partner in the company of Hubert Kienberger (trademark  "Huki"). The owners of the company were Alfred and Kurt Levy and Peter Moritz Goldschmidt. The owner of the house, engineer Georg Levy, lived at Frommanstrasse 8. The range of goods included a large assortment of tin toys such as cars, motorcycles, airplanes, ships, tin figures of various kinds as well as tin trains.