Origin unclear. Theinhardt catalogs include a copyright claim, which
might suggest the design originated at the Berlin foundry, under
the name Viktoria. Accompanied by a set of decorative
border elements, Viktoria-Einfassung [Dan Reynolds].
Sold by many foundries under various names, incl.
Viktoria (Theinhardt, before 1903; also by Brendler)
or Victoria (Gronau,
before 1900), Phönix (Poppelbaum, before 1903), Medea
(Flinsch, 1903; later
continued by Bauer), Les
Helvétiques (Berthier
& Durey, 1903), Etienne modern (Doskocil), Etienne
modern halvfet (Berling, before 1939),
Excelsior (Scholz, together with
Excelsior eng, cf. Schmale Herold), lrineo
(Ardinghi), Serie
Milano (Pierallini), Modernes Nouvelles
(Dutreix),
Urania (Augusta, before 1914),
Serie Walkiria (Urania), Walküre (Rühl) [Reichardt 2011]. Specimens for
Viktoria and Phönix both show two forms
for ‘V’.
In 2024, More…
Origin unclear. Theinhardt catalogs include a copyright claim, which might suggest the design originated at the Berlin foundry, under the name Viktoria. Accompanied by a set of decorative border elements, Viktoria-Einfassung [Dan Reynolds]. Sold by many foundries under various names, incl. Viktoria (Theinhardt, before 1903; also by Brendler) or Victoria (Gronau, before 1900), Phönix (Poppelbaum, before 1903), Medea (Flinsch, 1903; later continued by Bauer), Les Helvétiques (Berthier & Durey, 1903), Etienne modern (Doskocil), Etienne modern halvfet (Berling, before 1939), Excelsior (Scholz, together with Excelsior eng, cf. Schmale Herold), lrineo (Ardinghi), Serie Milano (Pierallini), Modernes Nouvelles (Dutreix), Urania (Augusta, before 1914), Serie Walkiria (Urania), Walküre (Rühl) [Reichardt 2011]. Specimens for Viktoria and Phönix both show two forms for ‘V’.
In 2024, Michele Casanova made an open-source digitization named DisSenso.
