Amour Gramophone Record (Russia) / c. 1914
Corporate background:
Probably a Russian export arm of The
Gramophone, Typewriter and Sister Companies of London
(GT&S), originally the European subsidiary of industry
pioneer Emil Berliner, who in 1900 sold his U.S. business to
Eldridge Johnson of Victor.
As noted in English around the spindle
hole, the cherub scribing the groove on a record is a
registered trade mark (of GT&S).
Label scan courtesy of U.K. musicologist
and collector Bill Dean-Myatt.
Design: A
beautiful lithographic print job, the delicate shading being
achieved by way of hand-stippled dots.
The label name, arranged around the upper
segment in Roman lettering, is visually well balanced, with the
word ‘Gramophone’ being reversed out over a music
staff.